NASA’s new interactive mosaic shows Mars in amazing detail
NASA has launched a new interactive tool that shows Mars in extraordinary detail and lets you travel between points of interest at the click of a mouse. The extraordinary Global…
This Mars Map Nearly Exploded My Computer
NASA has released an interactive map of Mars made from over 100,000 images taken by the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; the mosaic is the highest-resolution global portrait of Mars ever made.…
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sets two flight records on Mars
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, set two flight records on its most recent flight. Taking to the Martian skies on Sunday, April 2, Ingenuity buzzed along at a record speed of…
Is NASA Done Sending Traditional Rovers to Mars?
In February 2021, NASA landed a $2.7 billion rover on Mars that has been roaming the Red Planet ever since. The space agency got what it paid for, as the…
NASA’s plucky Mars helicopter eyes another flight record
NASA’s plucky Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, is about to embark on its 49th flight on the red planet. The diminutive drone-like aircraft arrived on Mars with the Perseverance rover in February…
Perseverance and Ingenuity play a game of tag across Mars
The Perseverance rover is currently trundling its way across Mars’ Jezero Crater, on its way to explore an exciting location called the delta. It’s the site of an ancient river…
See Mars’s beautiful Jezero Crater from the air in flyover video
If you’re feeling in need of some travel to broaden your horizons but you don’t have the option to leave home right now, the European Space Agency (ESA) has something…
The Definitive Guide to SpaceX’s Starship Megarocket
SpaceX is on the cusp of launching its gigantic Starship megarocket now that a launch rehearsal and static fire test is complete. Here’s what you need to know. CC Off…
Remnants of a Glacier Found Near Martian Equator
Scientists have spotted a relict glacier on Mars, near the equator—far from the parts of the planet where water ice is known to exist today. While this leftover glacial structure…
How Europe’s ExoMars rover plans to get to Mars without Russia
Space missions get scuppered for all kinds of reasons, from engineering problems to budget issues. But the ExoMars mission, Europe and Russia’s joint plan to send a rover to Mars,…