Extraterestrial wheeled machines records
Just released by NASA this chart presenting the distances traveled by wheeled machines we send on the Moon and Mars. Have a look at the full version of the chart…
4 Billion Pixel Panorama from the Curiosity Rover
4-billion-pixel, 360 panorama from Curiosity Rover brings Mars to your screen. Gaze around Gale Crater, where NASA’s rover is currently exploring. Have a look at the exceptional panorama after the jump…
Evidence for a Habitable Ancient Mars by Curiosity
Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon – some of the key chemical ingredients for life – in the powder Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed in Gale Crater on Mars last month. Image © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Scientist Explains the Weird Thing on Mars
A scientist explains the weird thing on Mars on the images from the Curiosity rover showed what looked like a piece of shiny metal, that we posted the last week. A zoomed-in view of the shiny protuberance. Image © NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems.
Who took this photo of Curiosity Rover on Mars?
This stunning self-portrait of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, combines dozens of exposures taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI). The rover’s robotic arm is not visible in the mosaic. Image © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Another Weird Thing on Mars
Another weird thing found by Curiosity Mars rover, a strange-looking little metallic-looking protuberance on the Martian soil. Image © NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems. Image via 2di7 & titanio44 on Flickr.
2012 wordlessTech best
Was an impressive year with important “ups” and “downs” world records.
These are some of the most impressive, brightest and moving moments in 2012, shorted by date.
Google’s Year in Review
In this video a great review of 2012 by Google. A lot of events and people featured: the search for the Higgs Boson, Felix Baumgartner’s jump, space shuttles, Curiosity’s landing, Neil Armstrong, James Cameron and more…
They found something important on Mars!
Listen to the Story:
Scientists working on NASA’s Curiosity rover they found something important on Mars! But they have to wait to be sure of their results. NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity dug up five scoops of sand from a patch nicknamed “Rocknest.” Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Curiosity Rover Self-Portrait
This is the first NASA’s Curiosity Rover self-portrait on Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), made by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
