The Mars Science Lab was launched November 26, 2011, and is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The rover Curiosity, after completing a more …
The sparks that appear on the baseball-sized rock (starting at :17) result from the laser of the ChemCam instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover hitting the rock. ChemCam’s laser zapping …
A raging Martian dust storm is expected to sweep across the Red Planet within the next few months, according to a study that found a way to predict these otherwise …
2016-05-05 – The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, took part in a demonstration of two new space rover prototypes. Developed by Ontario Drive & Gear …
Fungi have been discovered on Mars. Fungi “eat” metal, plastic, and living flesh; and Martian fungi have damaged the Mars rovers via biocorrosion. NASA tested the rover wheels under brutal …