WRITER FUEL: Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' dust storms, a new study suggests.
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Mars from the 80s - this is the Hellas Planitia region by NASA Viking 1
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Credit: NASA/JPL/AndreaLuck CC BY
1980-07-26
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NASA nominee Jared Isaacman pledged to pursue both the moon and Mars, amid concerns he might favor Elon Musk’s push for a Mars-first strategy over securing U.S. leadership on the moon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/13/world/musks-pull-toward-mars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #jaredisaacman #nasa #elonmusk #space #mars #moon
The Japan Times · NASA nominee should resist Musk’s pull toward Mars
Good Morning #Mars #yeg #yegastro #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Astrononers do it all night long.
Curiosity rover mission updates: mostly about Devil's Gate
Sols 4502-4504: Sneaking Past Devil’s Gate https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4502-4504-sneaking-past-devils-gate/ Sols 4505-4506: Up, up and onto the Devil’s Gate https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4505-4506-up-up-and-onto-the-devils-gate/ Sols 4507-4508: "Just Keep Driving" https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4507-4508-just-keep-driving/
NASA Science · Sols 4502-4504: Sneaking Past Devil’s Gate
Mars Guy - Episode 210 - In a recently published scientific paper about these white rocks, the Perseverance team positively identified for the first time a surprisingly rare mineral on Mars. It’s surprising because on Earth you probably wouldn’t give it a second look.
An Unusual Hole in #Mars
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
Devil's Gate, the ridge captured by Curiosity
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https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4507-4508-just-keep-driving/
#Mars Apr. 11, 2025 (Sol 4507)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Curiosity Rover's current workspace. Assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam sub-frame deBayered images acquired on mission Sol 4507, that's >12.5 earth years since landing in Gale crater. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Check out my new blog post, “Martian Perchlorates in Minecraft Education”
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/04/12/martian-perchlorates-in-minecraft-education/
Two SHERLOC WATSON images of the latest abrasion patch on Mars. This patch is at site 72.0 and imaged during sol 1473 (April 12, 2025). For scale the patch has a diameter of 5cm (~2 inches). The camera is located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, so can be placed close to the targets. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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@Heliograph Thanks for posting that; I feel better about some literary choices. When I wrote my Mars novel I decided to use a single universal time for the entire planet. People can't live on the surface and most development is underground for radiation reasons. No windows. Some population is on spaceships or a station. One zone gives the same diurnal schedule to everyone everywhere. When they rarely need to use the surface, they use offset and solar terms, "like local dusk is just before lunch."
Another day on Mars, another drive for Perseverance rover. This drive was completed during mission sol 1472 April 11, 2025). Arriving at site 72.0.
Attached is a roughly processed / cropped post-drive L-NavCam composite image from 6 tiles, the drive data, and screen capture of the updated mission map. The traverse distance was 14.5 meters (47.5 ft) due west. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA.
A large, 166-images Mastcam-Z mosaic of the crater rim, captured by Perseverance three days ago. Some rocks to check out. Also fun to spot the tracks left by the rover uphill.
#Mars Apr. 8, 2025 (Sol 1469)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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#Trump’s #budget proposal, though not yet formally submitted to Congress, would eviscerate a long list of #planetary & #astronomical missions, including the next major #NASA #space #telescope & the agency’s goal of bringing samples of #Mars back to Earth to search for signs of ancient life.
NASA’s #astrophysics budget would take a huge hit, dropping from ~$1.5B to $487M. Planetary #science would see a drop from $2.7B to $1.9B. #EarthScience would drop from ~$2.2B to $1.033B.
Stereo3D view of a peculiar rock captured seven hours ago by Perseverance on the slopes of Jezero Crater
#Mars Apr. 11, 2025 (Sol 1472)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Random Perseverance Image. Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left. Sol: 1375. Earth date: 2024-12-31. Credits: NASA/JPL.
Meet the 25th Martian sample collected by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover – “Sapphire Canyon” – a sample taken from a vein-filled rock named “Cheyava Falls.” The arrowhead-shaped rock contains compelling features that may help answer whether Mars was home to microscopic life in the distant past.
Elon Musk says he plans to send his humanoid robots to Mars by 2026
Tesla's Optimus robots were originally pitched as household assistants, but a new plan for them is out of this world.
#technology #space #robots #Mars #Science #Tech
https://globalnews.ca/news/11125600/optimus-robots-mars-elon-musk-spacex/
“... here on the crater rim, there are new and intriguing rocks everywhere the rover turns. It has been all we had hoped for and more.” says Perseverance’s project scientist, Katie Stack Morgan of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA · NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim - NASAThe diversity of rock types along the rim of Jezero Crater offers a wide glimpse of Martian history.