Mars

NASA charts course to a permanent lunar outpost and a nuclear‑propelled Mars vehicle

The updated exploration plan details surface habitat concepts, cargo and power infrastructure, and a nuclear thermal propulsion pathfinder for crewed deep-space transit.

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Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.
New information regarded as strong evidence Mars had ‘vacation beaches’. Illustration.

NASA rover detects electrical discharges - 'mini-lightning' - on Mars

The six-wheeled rover, exploring Mars since 2021 at a locale called Jezero Crater in its northern hemisphere, picked up these electrical discharges in audio and electromagnetic recordings.

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New Glenn Rocket Launch: The Beginning of a Historic Mars Mission.

The race to Mars: NASA’s mission that could change the game

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission seeks to reveal why Mars lost its atmosphere and water, launching after years of delays and challenges. Scientists hope it will shed light on the planet’s past.

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Israelis swim in the "Disappearing Lake" in Timna Park, in the southern Israeli desert, on September 9, 2017

Israeli desert microorganisms survive harsh climate, offer clues to life on Mars

The findings may redefine the known boundaries of life on Earth and offer a model for what microbial life might look like on Mars or other arid planets.

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Mars underwent major climate change after last ice age - study

Researchers found that the prevailing wind direction on Mars shifted almost 70 degrees 400,000 years ago.

JULY 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zhurong rover group selfie with the Tianwen-1 lander, taken by the deployable Tianwen-1 Remote Camera.

First aircraft on another world reestablishes contact with earth

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter arrived on the red planet together with the Mars Perseverance rover, which was launched in July 2020.

JULY 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was captured by the Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z on April 16, not long after the rotorcraft’s 50th flight. The helicopter would soon fall silent for 63 days due hilly terrain that interrupted communications between the rover and aircraft.

NASA engineers create VR software to visualize a universe of data

Now, a piece of datum wasn't a mark on a screen. It's a thing that can be held, moved, and placed.

JUNE 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A researcher examines a data cloud in a virtual world created by Virtualitics software. NASA scientists need to sift through massive amounts of data generated by deep space missions. Efforts at JPL into using virtual reality to assist in this analysis led to the creation of Virtualitics

NASA Mars simulation begins, crew will be inside for one year

Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) mission is designed to test the ability of the researchers to operate in highly challenging conditions, such as they would face on Mars.

JUNE 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A CHAPEA logo, Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is seen on the entrance door of the Mars Dune Alpha, NASA's simulated Mars habitat, being used as preparations for sending humans to the Red Planet, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, U.S. April 11, 2023.

Outside the box: Can you figure out what's wrong with this picture?

In this puzzle you have to think "outside the box" to come up with a solution, since most surfers couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.

JUNE 30, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Can you figure out what's wrong with this picture?

NASA's Curiosity rover sends back 'postcard' of Martian 'sunrise'

The photos were originally taken in black and white, by the Curiosity’s navigation cameras, but they had color added later on Earth. 

JUNE 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of “Marker Band Valley” at two times of day on April 8. Color was added to a combination of both panoramas for an artistic interpretation of the scene.

Photosynthesis can make life in space, on Mars, Moon sustainable - study

Utilizing a device to use solar power for photosynthesis, converting water into oxygen for air supply and hydrogen for fuel, could be used for sustainable occupation of Mars and the Moon.

JUNE 14, 2023ByAARON REICH
An artistic illustration of an outpost on the Moon fit for human habitation.

NASA's Perseverance may have found a former large river on Mars

The discovery was made due to Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z capturing of the rover's hundreds of images.

MAY 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie near rock nicknamed “Rochette,” found on Jezero Crater’s floor, on Sept. 10, 2021, the 198th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Temple believed to be dedicated to Roman god of war uncovered in France

The complex was believed to have been a common stop for Roman soldiers stationed nearby under Julius Caesar's reign.

APRIL 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Figurines found near the excavation site in Rennes, France.

Skeleton-like Mars rock formation sparks internet excitement

"In 20 years of studying Mars, that's the most bizarre rock I have ever seen," said one astrobiologist about the spiky rocks.

APRIL 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Fishbone-like rock formations in the Gale crater on Mars