A copy of the ExoMars rover that will land on Mars 2021 will begin to be subjected to a whole series of “stress” to verify its suitability to reach Mars and be operational.It will start with a series of jolts that simulate the vibrations that it will undergo during the launch phase from the ground. This will be followed by a series of tests that… Read More »The rover to the red planet is ready for environmental training
Between 08:17:23 UTC and 08:19:59 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of the Martian soil furrowed by its own tracks.The original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and so I applied a noise filter to all three colors to… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5097, May 27, 2018
An international team of scientists has created a small chemical laboratory to be mounted on the rover of ESA – Roscosmos ExoMars 2020. This laboratory called MOMA (acronym for Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer) will analyze the samples collected at a depth of about two meters from the drilling instrument.Among the various analysis techniques, the most interesting will detect the chirality (see https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiralit%C3%A0_(chemistry) ), as requested… Read More »Scientists shrink a chemical lab to search for evidence of life on Mars
Your browser does not support HTML video. On May 20 Curiosity has successfully drilled a rock after about two years due to a malfunction in the drilling tool.The first color photo taken the day after drilling (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/photos/a.1625578140858706.1073741828.1612043482212172/1709795545770298/ ) raised some doubts about the possible “wet” appearance of the material extracted during drilling.Although the material extracted from a rock is unlikely to be wet, the… Read More »Curiosity: the hole of Duluth
From the study of an ancient Martian meteorite fallen in the Sahara desert to the reconstruction of a piece of Martian history older than 4.4 billion years ago…The aim is to trace back to when the great difference between the lowlands that characterize the northern hemisphere and the plateaus typical of the southern hemisphere was formed, determining an average difference between the two hemispheres between… Read More »An ancient meteorite tells us the story of Martian topography
Finally came the official confirmation of the success of the new drilling technique tested by Curiosity!This time the drilling has come up to about 5 cm, twice the previous attempt.Well, with Curiosity again able to drill the rocks, we just have to wait for the results of new analysis … This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
At 17:16:40 UTC, 13:53:28 LTST, Mastcam Right captured the result of its latest drilling attempt. The instrument had been idle for about two years due to technical failure. In February of this year, a drill was attempted using an alternative technique to overcome the malfunction, but the attempt did not produce a hole deep enough to collect enough material for analysis.But on May 20 it… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2058, May 21, 2018.
Between 05:00:09 UTC and 05:03:47 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of the Martian soil.The original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and I have therefore applied a noise filter to all three colors to eliminate the spurious dots… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5092, May 22, 2018
Between 04:50:01 UTC and 04:53:19 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of this beautiful rock formation on the Martian soilThe original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and so I applied a noise filter to all three colors to… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5092, May 22, 2018
Between 14:23:06 UTC and 14:23:27 UTC the Mastcam Left of Curiosity takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of the rock on which the last drilling experiment has just been carried out (here not yet performed).Compared to the image taken by the same camera but without filters the color… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2056, May 19, 2018.