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Tracing the Big Picture of Mars' Atmosphere

08.26.10 - One of the instruments on a 2016 mission to orbit Mars will provide daily profiles of the changing structure of the planet's atmosphere.
New Views Show Old NASA Mars Landers

02.08.12 - New color images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the agency's 2008 Phoenix Mars Lander and the lander that carried its rover Spirit to Mars in 2004.
Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup

02.07.12 - At least one object in photos NASA's Curiosity rover will transmit from Mars later this year will look familiar to all Americans: a Lincoln penny sent as a camera reference.
Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects

01.27.12 - This week's solar storm is giving a NASA Mars-bound spacecraft a chance to gauge how such events would affect radiation exposure of future astronauts flying to Mars.
Photo From NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork

01.25.12 - Martian dunes and sand ripples of mixed shapes and sizes form a striking pattern in a recent image from the high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work

01.24.12 - On the eighth anniversary of starting to explore Mars, NASA's rover Opportunity remains busy with new investigations.
Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver

01.11.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and Mars.
Mars Science Lab Maneuver Begins

01.06.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft has begun firing thruster engines for the first and largest flight-path adjustment of the trip from Earth to Mars.
'Greeley Haven' is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover

01.05.12 - Researchers plan to keep NASA's Opportunity rover busy through Martian winter at a sun-facing site, "Greeley Haven," where a study of the planet's core has begun.
Radar in Mars Orbit Maps North Polar Deposits

12.19.11 - An American-Italian radar instrument orbiting Mars has mapped the three-dimensional structure of layers beneath the surface in the planet's north polar region.
NASA Mars-Bound Rover Begins Research in Space

12.13.11 - NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars.
NASA Presents Software of the Year Award

12.08.11 - Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), novel autonomy software that has been operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity since December 2009, is NASA's 2011 Software of the Year recipient.
NASA Mars Rover Finds Mineral Vein Deposited by Water

12.07.11 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water.
New Tool for Touring Mars Using Detailed Images

11.17.11 - It's now easier than ever to explore Mars in the great detail offered by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Course Excellent, Adjustment Postponed

12.01.11 - Excellent launch precision for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission has forestalled the need for an early trajectory correction maneuver, now not required for a month or more.
Mars Science Laboratory in Good Health

11.26.11 - Engineers have received data from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory showing that all systems are operating normally. The approximately eight-month journey to Mars is underway.
Trio of NASA Missions Named 'Best of What's New'

11.30.11 - NASA's Dawn, Mars Science Laboratory and MESSENGER missions have been honored by Popular Science magazine with "Best of What's New" Award in aviation and space.
NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Mars

11.26.11 - NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity.
Mars Rover Well-Equipped for Studies

11.22.11 - NASA's Curiosity rover is outfitted with everything a geologist needs on a remote world.
NASA Updates Prelaunch Events for Mars Science Lab

11.21.11 - NASA has updated information about the news conferences and other events for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover launch.

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