A stunning panorama shows the haunting terrain of the Gediz Vallis channel, where the Curiosity rover has been exploring.
The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, ...
The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of ...
You can see the expanse of white sulfur-bearing rocks in the panorama ... As seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (below), ...
NASA scientists are hoping to understand the history of where they found the rocks — and for evidence of ancient microbial ...
NASA's Curiosity rover is preparing for the next leg of its journey, a months-long trek to a formation called the boxwork, a ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers rare sulphur stones on Mars which uncover new clues about the planet’s history. (NASA/JPL) ...
The rover captured a 360-degree panorama before leaving Gediz Vallis channel, a feature it’s been exploring for the past year.
open image in gallery Curiosity captured this panorama ... s surface. open image in gallery Scientists think that ancient groundwater formed this pattern of ridges, called boxwork on Mars.
Toward the right side of the panorama, the steep slope of the crater wall is apparent. The Perseverance team tried several techniques to keep the rover climbing—Mars is too far away to control ...
NASA said this is the first time one of its rovers traveled that steep a grade on such a slippery surface. “Mars didn’t want to make it easy for anyone to get to the top of this ridge," Welch ...