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…
Polygonal Dunes in Mars Skin
Polygons in this image taken by Hirise spacecraft orbiting Mars, are of great interest because they often indicate the presence of shallow ice or of desiccation such as in a mud flat. However, nature sometimes seems too clever for us. Image © NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
78,000 applications for One-Way trip to Mars
Mars One will set up a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2023, and in two weeks received 78,000 applications for the One-Way trip to Mars.
NASA’s rover drew a penis on Red Planet
These are the tracks made by the NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars. The drawing from NASA’s official site, was most probably not intentional.
Raindrops on Mars
The dark features here look like raindrops, but are actually sand dunes in Copernicus Crater, on Mars. This spot was targeted by CRISM because the dunes are rich in the mineral olivine. Image © NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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…
Nomad Project- Mobile Skyscrapers to Terraform Mars
Nomad Project consisting of mobile skyscrapers to terraform Mars, by changing the atmospheric and soil chemistry of the Red Planet, to make it hospitable for human colonization.
Walk around Earth and Mars with Virtual Reality 3-D images
Professor Dawn Sumner from UC Davis geology, applies a new technology enabling the study of rocks, using virtual reality 3-D images to walk around the surface of Earth and Mars. Have a look at the video…
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
Life On Mars
Life On Mars written, directed and animated by Lukas Vojir, with an innovative 3D modeling technique and atmospheric colors. Watch the 30 sec video…
