Watch Curiosity’s Scars on Mars Change Over Time

By Ken Kremer, on March 31st, 2015

This sequence of images shows a blast zone where the sky crane from NASA’s Curiosity rover mission hit the ground after setting the rover down in August 2012, and how that dark scar’s appearance changed over the subsequent 30 months. The images are from HiRISE on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of […]

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Curiosity Spied From Orbit by Mountain Drilling Base Where Ancient Water Flowed on Mars

By Ken Kremer, on February 14th, 2015

Curiosity on Mars from Above and Below NASA’s Curiosity rover conducts fifth Martian sample drilling campaign at “Mojave 2” rock target in this composite photo mosaic from Sols 864 to 889. The mosaic shows the robotic arm deployed on Sol 889, Feb. 5, 2015 to the “Pink Cliffs” portion of the “Pahrump Hills” […]

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Curiosity Determines Ancient Lake Was Habitable, While MRO Suggests Water Might Still Flow on Mars

By Mike Killian, on December 10th, 2013

This illustration depicts a concept for the possible extent of an ancient lake inside Gale Crater. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

This week, NASA released some very interesting findings regarding water on Mars, from both the agency’s Curiosity rover and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It has been known for years that Mars did indeed […]

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