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NASA’s InSight Mars lander: New HiRISE image reveals dusty resting place on the red planet

NASA’s retired InSight Mars lander has been spotted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in a new image captured on October 23, 2024, using the HiRISE camera. Dust patterns on Mars and Martian surface changes The HiRISE image of InSight helps scientists study the dust accumulation process on Mars. Its HiRISE camera plays a critical role in understanding long-term changes in …

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1 week ago

Dead on Mars: InSight lander reveals how dust devil moves on Red Planet

India Today

Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has recently captured stunning new images of the retired InSight lander, revealing how dust accumulation on its solar panels has transformed its appearance over time. Taken on October 23, 2024, by MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, the images show InSight’s solar panels now sharing the reddish-brown hue characteristic of the Martian surface. Throughout its mission, …

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NASA's Viking 1 lander may have killed life on Mars, claims scientist

Firstpost

A German astrobiologist suggests that humans might have inadvertently wiped out Martian life nearly 50 years ago, during NASA’s Viking 1 mission, which saw two spacecraft land on Mars and conduct groundbreaking experiments to search for signs of life NASA’s long-standing strategy has been to “follow the water” when hunting for life on Mars. Image Credit: NASA A provocative theory …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Humans are already trashing Mars - despite never setting foot on it: Shocking map reveals the 15,694lbs of space junk piling up on the Red Planet including crashed spacecraft and discarded drill bits

Daily Mail

It joins an increasing pile of junk sent from Earth since the first landing in 1971 NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is now obsolete on Mars because it can no longer fly Despite never even setting foot on the planet, human-made space junk is already piling up on Mars. The new map reveals the locations of debris from spacecraft that have landed …

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1 year ago

The Pathfinder charts the path out for Mars rovers

The Hindu

Martian rovers are remote-controlled motor vehicles that are designed to travel the Martian surface and help us better understand our neighbouring red planet. The first Martian rover and, in fact, the first wheeled vehicle to be used on any other planet in the solar system was NASA’s Sojourner. Part of NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission, it helped NASA develop foundational technologies …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Scientists identify molten layer deep within interior of Mars

The Hindu

Seismic waves generated by a meteorite impact on the other side of Mars from where NASA's InSight lander sits have provided new clues about the Red Planet's deep interior, prompting scientists to reappraise the anatomy of Earth's planetary neighbour. The new seismic data indicates the presence of a hitherto unknown layer of molten rock surrounding a liquid metallic core - …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars

The Hindu

On May 4, 2022, NASA's InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded on Mars, one with a 4.7 magnitude - fairly modest by Earth standards but strong for our planetary neighbour. "This represents a significant step forward in our understanding of Martian seismic activity and takes us one step closer to better unraveling the planet's tectonic processes," added Imperial …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Beagle failed 'after Martian heatwave'

Daily Mail

Last updated at 14:07 24 May 2004 The failure of Britain's ill-fated Beagle II mission could have been down to a Martian heatwave caused by dust storms ripping up the atmosphere, the mission's chief scientist has said today. Professor Colin Pillinger spoke as the British Government and the European Space Agency refused to reveal the detailed findings of an inquiry …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The first successful soft landing on Mars

The Hindu

May 28, 2023 12:18 am | Updated 12:18 am IST When we talk about the space race between the Cold War adversaries the U.S. and the Soviet Union, we usually discuss the race to land the first human beings on the moon. The first successful soft landing on Mars was achieved by the Soviet Union with their Mars 3 mission. …

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2 years ago

As NASA’s Mars InSight mission comes to an end, JPL engineers say farewell to its twin

LA Times

Pranay Mishra reached down to the floor of his workplace and scooped a handful of what might be the closest thing on Earth to the feel of Martian soil. It’s in your car, it’s in your house — it’s everywhere.” Pranay Mishra, a systems engineer, lifts up a model of InSight’s wind and thermal shield, which covered the lander’s heat …

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2 years, 1 month ago

NASA's InSight lander reveals details on outermost layer of Mars

Hindustan Times

NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly four years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from two big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure. Researchers said on Thursday the stationary lander for the first time detected seismic waves traveling along the Martian surface, …

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2 years, 3 months ago

NASA's InSight lander detects space rocks as they slam into Mars

The Hindu

Mars, by virtue of its tenuous atmosphere and proximity to our solar system's asteroid belt, is far more vulnerable than Earth to being struck by space rocks - one of the many differences between the two planetary neighbours. "These seismic measurements give us a completely new tool for investigating Mars, or any other planet we can land a seismometer on," …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Nasa to send two more Ingenuity-like helicopters to collect samples from Mars

The Independent

Nasa is planning to send two more helicopters to the Red Planet as part of its Mars Sample Return Program. Nasa’s Perseverance rover has so far gathered 11 rock core samples and one atmospheric sample, with its most recent sedimentary rock sample expected to hold evidence of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. In the current plan, Perseverance will …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Nasa to lose InSight lander forever: Martian dust to kill quake whisperer in July

India Today

After successfully completing eight years on a desolate, barren world, Mars is finally catching up to Nasa’s InSight lander. Plans call for a gradual shutdown of instruments, including resting my arm in a “retirement pose.” A SURVIVOR The spacecraft had in the past come across a similar fate when it showed a decline in energy as dust particles had settled …

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54 years, 11 months ago

With Dusty Solar Panels, InSight’s Days on Mars Are Numbered

Wired

On May 4, NASA’s InSight lander made a huge discovery, recording the biggest quake ever detected on another world, a magnitude 5 temblor. But InSight’s greatest accomplishment may also be its last act; just two weeks later, scientists on the InSight team revealed that the lander’s solar panels are now blanketed with dust, which has gradually accumulated since its arrival …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Mars: Largest quakes ever recorded could reveal more about the Red Planet’s interior

The Independent

Nasa has reported the two largest quakes ever recorded on Mars, and scientists say studying them “will be instrumental in furthering our understanding” of the planet. A seismometer put on the Red Planet by the space agency’s InSight lander recorded the two largest so-called marsquakes ever, of magnitude 4.2 and 4.1. Scientists said the two quakes are “true outliers” in …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has passed its latest tests

Daily Mail

The Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover has passed its latest round of tests and is on course to blast off for the Red Planet in September, the UK Space Agency has revealed. The Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover has passed its latest round of tests, and is on course to blast off for the Red Planet in September, the UK Space Agency …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Vacation on Mars: Earth to lose contact with Red Planet; rovers, landers to take a break due to solar conjunction

India Today

Weeks after collecting the first set of samples to return to Earth from Mars, the Perseverance rover is looking for a parking space in the Jazero crater as it takes a much-needed break from science duties. The rover will wait out the solar conjunction when the Sun blocks the signals to Mars shutting down the communication links between the two …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Mars is shaking: Nasa lander records biggest 4.2 magnitude quake on Mars, third in a month

India Today

The InSight lander, which has fixed its ears to the Martian ground, has heard some of the biggest rumblings under the surface. The Nasa probe has now detected the biggest and longest-lasting quake on Mars measuring a magnitude 4.2 that shook the ground for nearly an hour-and-a-half. Nasa said that the September 18 quake of 4.2 had five times the …

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3 years, 6 months ago

CNSA's Zhurong rover, lander click selfie with dusty Martian surface in the background

Firstpost

The orbiter and lander both display small Chinese flags while the lander has outlines of the mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the red planet. The four pictures released by the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

China’s Zhurong rover sends its first image and video of the Martian surface

Firstpost

The Tianwen-1 probe sent a video showing the lander and the rover separating from the orbiter during landing. China’s rover Zhurong has captured and sent us its first image of Mars and they have been released by the China National Space Administration. The rover landed on Mars on Sunday, 16 May and the image shows the red Martian surface and …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos

Hindustan Times

Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week. In this black and white photo taken by China's Zhurong Mars rover and made available by the China National Space Administration on Wednesday, extension arms and …

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3 years, 7 months ago

China's Mars rover Zhurong sends back 'selfies' from Red Planet

India Today

Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week. The Zhurong rover was carried into the Martian atmosphere in a lander on Saturday, in the first ever successful probe landing by any country on its …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Tianwen-1: How China's Mars lander Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet

Firstpost

Tianwen-1 will use a laser range finder to work out where it is relative to Martian terrain and microwave sensor to determine its speed more accurately. A successful Mars landing requires entering the atmosphere at very high speeds, then slowing the spacecraft down just the right way as it approaches its landing location. Mars Pathfinder spacecraft used parachutes to decelerate …

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NASA’s InSight Mars lander: New HiRISE image reveals dusty resting place on the red planet

Dead on Mars: InSight lander reveals how dust devil moves on Red Planet

NASA's Viking 1 lander may have killed life on Mars, claims scientist

Humans are already trashing Mars - despite never setting foot on it: Shocking map reveals the 15,694lbs of space junk piling up on the Red Planet including crashed spacecraft and discarded drill bits

The Pathfinder charts the path out for Mars rovers

Scientists identify molten layer deep within interior of Mars

Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars

Beagle failed 'after Martian heatwave'

The first successful soft landing on Mars

As NASA’s Mars InSight mission comes to an end, JPL engineers say farewell to its twin

NASA's InSight lander reveals details on outermost layer of Mars

NASA's InSight lander detects space rocks as they slam into Mars

Nasa to send two more Ingenuity-like helicopters to collect samples from Mars

Nasa to lose InSight lander forever: Martian dust to kill quake whisperer in July

With Dusty Solar Panels, InSight’s Days on Mars Are Numbered

Mars: Largest quakes ever recorded could reveal more about the Red Planet’s interior

Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has passed its latest tests

Vacation on Mars: Earth to lose contact with Red Planet; rovers, landers to take a break due to solar conjunction

Mars is shaking: Nasa lander records biggest 4.2 magnitude quake on Mars, third in a month

CNSA's Zhurong rover, lander click selfie with dusty Martian surface in the background

China’s Zhurong rover sends its first image and video of the Martian surface

Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos

China's Mars rover Zhurong sends back 'selfies' from Red Planet

Tianwen-1: How China's Mars lander Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet