The First Ever Close-up Image of Mars Was Actually a Paint-by-Numbers
The first time the public ever got to see a close-up image of Mars they were actually looking at a paint-by-numbers picture generated from the real photo's data.
NASA Satellite Captures a Photo of a ‘Bear’ on Mars
A NASA satellite has captured an unusual object staring out from the surface of Mars -- a bear face.
Winter on Mars: NASA Explains Martian Frost and Ice With Photos
NASA has released a Martian weather report complete with photos taken of the Red Planet's icy landscape.
InSight Mars Lander Sends Final Image with Solar Panels Covered in Dust
NASA's Mars InSight Lander may have transmitted its final photo from the Red Planet after it tweeted that it's almost run out of power.
Detailed Photos of Mars Captured by China’s Tianwen-1 Probe
China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) has published a series of detailed images taken by its Tianwen-1 Mars probe that cover the entire surface of Mars.
Curiosity Rover Captures Flaky Rocks on Mars from Past Climate Change
For the past year, NASA's Curiosity rover has been moving between two regions in order to look for evidence of water in Mars's past. Surprisingly, the area between the two target regions has provided fascinating details as well.
Mars InSight Lander’s Final Selfie Shows Huge Amounts of Dust Buildup
NASA's Mars InSight Lander has taken its final selfie. Side-by-side with its first selfie taken in 2018 shows the extreme effect of the Red Planet's environment.
Mars Curiosity Rover Snaps Photo of ‘Doorway’ on Mars
Last week, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover captured a photo of what looks like a purposefully carved doorway that leads somewhere into the depths of the Red Planet.
China’s Mars Orbiter Sends Back Selfie Video for the Lunar New Year
The Chinese Mars orbiter Tianwen-1 has sent back a selfie video that shows its orbit around Red Planet. The clip was published in celebration of the Lunar New Year and shows both the orbiter and Mars below it as it zooms around the planet.
China Releases Amazing Photos of Tianwen-1 Probe Above Mars
China's National Space Administration published four photos taken by its Tianwen-1 Mars mission, including the first full photo of the orbiting probe over the Red Planet.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Shares its Top Mars Photos of 2021
The Mars Perseverance Rover has been hard at work on the Red Planet since it landed earlier this year. In addition to capturing physical samples, it has also been regularly snapping photos and NASA has shared its most liked images from the last year.
NASA Shows How the Mars Perseverance Rover Took its First Selfie
Back in April, the Mars Perseverance rover shared a selfie that included the Ingenuity helicopter drone on the surface of the Red Planet. The space agency has now shared a video and detailed explanation of how that photo was taken, including the fact it is made up of 62 individual images.
NASA Just Flew a Drone on Mars – Here is its First Photo
NASA's Ingenuity drone, which was transported to the Martian surface attached to the Perseverance Rover, has successfully taken flight and sent back its first photos while airborne. It is the first successful flight of a controlled, powered aircraft on another planet.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Takes Selfie with the Ingenuity Drone
While Curiosity recently shared the latest of several selfies it has captured over the years, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover was not to be outdone, and in its first-ever selfie, it decided to share the spotlight with the Ingenuity drone.
NASA is Gearing Up to Fly a Camera Drone Above Mars
NASA is targetting early April for the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, a drone that will mark the organization's first attempt at a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet where it will hover over the surface and capture aerial images.
NASA’s InSight Lander Sends Its First Clear Photo From Mars
After a half-year journey covering over 30 million miles, NASA's InSight lander just touched down on the surface of Mars to begin its mission of studying the red planet's deep interior. InSight also captured and sent back this first clear photo from the ground, a 1-megapixel selfie.
This Timelapse Shows the Ultra-Bright Mars Rising in the Night Sky
Mars is brighter than it has been for 15 years this month, and it's so bright that you can shoot its reflection in the ocean. Felix Jäger of Austria shot this 30-second timelapse showing the uber-bright red planet rising into the sky from behind his house.
Gorgeous Photo of Martian Dunes Covered in Seasonal Frost
Captured on January 24th by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this abstract photograph captures almost a mile of Martian sand dunes in just one of the many crater on the planet's southern region.
How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Will Shoot Photos of Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars this morning with much fanfare here on Earth. The photo above is one of the first photographs snapped by the rover and beamed back to Earth. Captured through a fisheye wide-angle lens, the landscape photo hows a gravel field in the foreground and the rim of the Gale Crater (the rover's new home) in the distance.