Tag: Mars Rover

Chemical Alteration by Water, Jezero Crater Delta: On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL

NASA Has Chosen Jezero Crater As Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover

MessageToEagle.com | November 20, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission. The rover mission will not only seek signs of ancient habitable conditions

NASA's Curiosity rover successfully drilled a hole 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) deep in a target called "Duluth" on May 20, 2018. The hole is about .6 inches (1.6 centimeters) across. It was the first rock sample captured by the drill since October 2016. A mechanical issue took the drill offline in December 2016. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Astronomy

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Collecting Mars Rock Samples Again Since 2016

MessageToEagle.com | May 26, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover began drilling of Martian rocks again and it was able to get the first sample of drilling since a mechanical problem took Curiosity’s drill