December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
... constituents like carbon dioxide. Endeavour Crater, with Pillinger Point in the foreground, as viewed in false colour by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity The story of how Earth ended up with its nitrogen- and oxygen-rich current atmosphere...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... of panoramic cameras on the surface of Mars. The mission set the stage for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity, Mars Phoenix, the Mars Science Laboratory and the upcoming Mars 2020 rovers. Mother-daughter architectures using...
March 2015
Chasing comets together: the Vega project in the USSR and beyond
... obtained by the Phobos spacecraft, most of the researchers at ISS spoke out in support of further Mars exploration. A lot of effort was invested in developing a Mars rover that would be able to cover long distances. Our laboratory, together with the...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
... several environmental missions, that will be aimed at detecting greenhouse gases. Our second key programme is the Emirates Mars Exploration programme, which is managed jointly between ourselves and the United Emirates Space Agency (UESA). Under this...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
...in-situ observations from one of the seven successful missions to the surface (Viking 1 and 2 Landers, Pathfinder, the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, Phoenix Lander and Curiosity). These salts include sulphates, carbonates, chlorides...
14 February 2019
NASA says a final goodbye to Opportunity
... too low to continue recovery efforts," said John Callas, manager of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project at JPL. Opportunity landed in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars on Jan. 24, 2004, seven months after its launch from Cape Canaveral...
