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Curiosity Stops to Thwack Its Instruments, Take Amazing Panoramas
On the road of life, it's sometimes important to stop and thwack your sieve. Though NASA's Curiosity rover is currently undertaking a long drive to the base of Mount Sharp, where it will investigate...
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Watch Live as Mars Grows Super Bright in the Night Sky
Look to the east tonight after sunset and you’ll see a bright red speck of light that will rise to the top of the sky by midnight. That spot isn’t a star, but Mars, which is on its way to making its...
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Curiosity Rover Is Hard at Work in Latest Interactive Mars Panorama
Caked in red silt, NASA’s Curiosity rover looks like it’s been trekking through a Martian dust storm in this latest interactive panorama. But nothing can tarnish the joy of seeing this incredible...
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North American Aviation’s 1965 Mars/Venus Piloted Flyby Study: the Flyby CSM
In mid-1964, only three years after President John F. Kennedy put the U.S. on course for the moon, a team of engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, became the first...
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Tech Time Warp of the Week: Watch Google Recruit for the First Human Colony...
In April 2008, Google and Virgin unveiled what they called Project Virgle. “Earth has issues, and it’s time humanity got started on a Plan B,” read the project’s website. “So, starting in 2014, Virgin...
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The Complicated, Tortured Journey Toward the Launchpad for Europe’s Next Mars...
Getting a mission to Mars is always a long process, full of budgetary, technical, bureaucratic, and logistical obstacles. But even by these glacial standards, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars...
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The Next Mars Rover Will Have Better Lasers and X-Ray Vision
NASA announced today that its next Mars rover will have advanced cameras, more sophisticated lasers, and the ability to see underground as it explores the Red Planet starting in 2020. The post The Next...
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ExoMars’ Organic Sniffing Spectrometer
Lewis Dartnell, author of The Knowledge talks about his day job: Helping build Europe's mission to Mars. The post ExoMars’ Organic Sniffing Spectrometer appeared first on WIRED.
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Science Graphic of the Week: Mapping Mars’ Missing Ice
Scientists use gullies made from melted ice, and their associated alluvial fans, to estimate the amount of ice frozen in the Martian soil. The post Science Graphic of the Week: Mapping Mars’ Missing...
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What It Could Be Like to Live on Mars
Plans Courtesy of Blue Planet Research Bryan Christie Design I'd always wanted to visit Mars. Instead I got Hawaii. There, about 8,200 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa, sits a geodesically domed...
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The Challenge of the Planets, Part One
In the 1950s and early 1960s, many who made it their business to consider the yawning gulfs between the planets foresaw that only through enormous efforts, spanning perhaps centuries, could those...
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NASA’s Working on a Helicopter That’ll Fly on Mars
This week marks the 11th anniversary of the landing of the Mars Rover Opportunity. It’s been an incredible run for the little robot, and such a success that NASA is planning out what new technologies...
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Favela Students to Control Mars Mission
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s flashiest city, is fringed with expansive sandy beaches, accentuated by towering mountains, and marked by some of the country’s most opulent neighborhoods. And yet, the...
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A Wildly Detailed 100-Year Plan for Getting Humans to Mars
The Integrated Space Plan is now a lot simpler, and still every bit as futuristic. The post A Wildly Detailed 100-Year Plan for Getting Humans to Mars appeared first on WIRED.
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SETI’s Top Astrobiologist Has a Plan to Find Life on Mars
Nathalie Cabrol just took the reins of the Carl Sagan Center at the extraterrestrial search organization. And she has some big ideas about where it's going. The post SETI’s Top Astrobiologist Has a...
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NASA Discovers Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars
NASA scientists have found compelling evidence that liquid water—life-giving, gloriously wet water—exists on Mars. The post NASA Discovers Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars appeared first on WIRED.
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Watch: The Streaks That Gave Away Mars’ Liquid Water
Long streaks on Mars' steep slopes were formed by flowing water. The post Watch: The Streaks That Gave Away Mars’ Liquid Water appeared first on WIRED.
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How to Get to Mars … And Maybe Even Live There
We've long dreamed of visiting the Red Planet. Here's what that trajectory might look like, from the fictional world of 'The Martian' to the technology we still have to develop. The post How to Get to...
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NASA Digs This Idea for Robots to Build Igloos on Mars
The double-walled, translucent space igloos feature a “contemplative yard” meant to feel like the outdoors. The post NASA Digs This Idea for Robots to Build Igloos on Mars appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleHow Would Football Work if You Played It on Mars?
When humans bring the gridiron to Mars, it'll be football, Jim---but not as we know it. The post How Would Football Work if You Played It on Mars? appeared first on WIRED.
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