Today On Mars: Opportunity Begins Its 10th Year Of Mars Roving
Technology Curiosity may get all the kudos these days, but the wizened Opportunity rover continues to log miles on the Martian surface. Today on Mars the robotic rover Opportunity (that's right,...
View ArticleThe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Has Been Exploring Mars For 10 Years
Space Happy anniversary! What do you get for an orbiter that has everything?
View ArticleThe Best Pictures Of Mars
Space Some of the coolest views that people can see on Mars when we finally get there. With SpaceX declaring that they will land a Dragon capsule on Mars in 2018, Martian colonies are seeming more and...
View ArticleThe Little Rover That Could
Space We think you can, Opportunity. On Saturday, February 17, Opportunity will experience its 5,000th Martian sunrise.
View ArticleWeather got you down? The entire planet of Mars is buried in a dust storm...
Space But that's not too weird for the red planet. Mars is no stranger to dust storms, but this one isn’t a run-of-the-mill tempest. It’s far more gargantuan. In fact, it's happening worldwide.
View ArticleMars' skies are clearing up, but the Opportunity rover is still fast asleep
Space Hang in there, sleeping beauty. While the Sun is no longer just a pinprick in the Martian sky, and astronomers peering through telescopes on Earth can once again see surface features on our...
View ArticleWhy NASA needs to flip Curiosity’s ‘brain’ over
Space It's having memory issues. The past few months have been pretty rough on NASA’s Mars rovers. Opportunity is still not responding to NASA’s frequent missives.
View ArticleRIP Opportunity: A eulogy for the beloved Mars rover
Space The little rover that could. Today we mourn the loss of a friend so stalwart we nearly forgot we wouldn’t have them forever.
View ArticleNASA officially ends the Opportunity rover’s 15-year mission
Space The longest-running surface mission laid the groundwork for some big things ahead. The space agency is holding a press conference on the rover's status at 2 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.
View ArticleThe sad reason part of the Mars Rover's last image is black and white
Space The rover took the shot, but never had the chance to send it back to earth. The Mars Opportunity rover sent back one last panoramic image.
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