21 May 2021
New study suggests organic salts are likely present on Mars
...to new research headed by James M T Lewis, an organic geochemist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, it has. Curiosity is packed with two such instruments that could aid in the search for organic matter; a portable chemistry...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring the Gale crater on Mars, ... science missions but are not a substitute for the larger ‘flagship’ missions like Curiosity or Europa Clipper. Destinations So where can we reasonably expect to explore in our...
28 June 2016
Oxides discovered on Mars hint at an oxygen-rich past
...-like than previously thought. Found by firing lasers from Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument onto the Martian ... by NASA's Opportunity rover thousands of miles from Curiosity, thus supporting the idea that the conditions needed ...
18 July 2016
NASA unveils new Mars 2020 rover
...humans to the Red Planet." Although Mars 2020 will look similar to Curiosity with its six wheels and one-tonne bulk, it will have on ... structure. The sky crane landing system currently used on Curiosity will also get a make over for the Mars 2020...
03 October 2016
Martian soil helps boost its atmosphere with noble gases
NASA's Curiosity rover has unearthed clues that the Red Planet’s atmosphere has been fed with noble gases ...
09 March 2020
Organic molecules found on Mars could be consistent with early life, says study
... for the compounds. What is certain is that it is going to take further studies to determine the thiophenes true origins as Curiosity’s methods for extracting information involves breaking up samples into smaller components by blasting them with heat...
