NASA utilized Interest’s Sensing units to Determine the Gravity of a...
Some very clever people have figured out how to use MSL Curiosity’s navigation sensors to measure the gravity of a Martian mountain. What they’ve found contradicts previous thinking about Aeolis Mons, aka Mt. Sharp. Aeolis Mons is a mountain in the center of Gale Crater, Curiosity’s landing site in 2012. Gale Crater is a huge…
Why we love to anthropomorphize space-faring robots
Humans have sent many robotic vehicles to study Mars, nearly 34 million miles away from Earth. Six-wheeled rovers have a twin set of cameras that act like eyes and a mast that looks like a neck. The robots take on "personalities" through their experiences and first-person social media accounts. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for…
Interest Smells a Spike in Methane. Could it signify Life?
Since it landed on Mars in 2012, one of the main scientific objectives of the Curiosity rover has been finding evidence of past (or even present) life on the Red Planet. In 2014, the rover may have accomplished this very thing when it detected a tenfold increase in atmospheric methane in its vicinity and found…
Search for Life on Mars Could Level-Up with MARSE Mission Concept
A recent study presented at the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) discusses the Mars Astrobiology, Resource, and Science Explorers (MARSE) mission concept and its Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device (SHIELD), which offers a broader and cheaper method regarding the search for—past or present—life on the Red Planet, specifically by using four rovers…
There May be Enough Oxygen Listed Below the Surface Area of...
The possibility that life could exist on Mars has captured the imagination of researchers, scientists and writers for over a century. Ever since Giovanni Schiaparelli (and later, Percival Lowell) spotted what they believed were “Martian Canals” in the 19th century, humans have dreamed of one day sending emissaries to the Red Planet in the hopes…
