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On Friday of last week, Curiosity encountered an obstacle that produced a jolt during startup causing an interruption of activities and putting the system in “safe mode”.Tuesday, February 19, technicians were able to restore full functionality of the rover that could restart the system for thirty times without further problems.During the week, technicians have invited and received data from Curiosity in an attempt to discover… Read More »After a reset, Curiosity has resumed normal operation

First meteorological readings from InSight arrive!!! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

In this interesting issue many articles are dedicated to experiments aimed at verifying the survival of different forms of life in simulated Martian conditions.Did you think that the Martian environment was hostile to any form of life?Well, you were wrong!!!Among the various articles, one is also a free PDF download; don’t miss it!!! “Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars:The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX… Read More »Astrobiology, Volume 19, February 2019

InSight has laid its second instrument on the Martian surface. The new images confirm that the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package, or HP3, was successfully placed on the Martian surface about a meter away from the seismometer on February 12.The HP3 is equipped with a “hammering” system that will allow it (hopefully!) to penetrate the Martian soil to a depth of up to 5… Read More »InSight prepares to measure the temperature of Mars

According to a new study, the possibility of having an underground water lake on the red planet cannot rest on water salinity alone. Need a subsurface magmatic activity.This does not mean that the new study goes to disavow that of last year, but supports the possibility of a relatively recent underground magmatic activity, within a few hundred thousand years from now. If this were true,… Read More »Mars underground lake needs recent underground volcanoes

To facilitate communications with the upcoming Mars 2020 mission, MAVEN’s orbiter will reduce its altitude from 6200 km to 4500 km, thus decreasing from 5.3 orbits per day to 6.8.This will allow for more scientific work as well as improve the ability to communicate with ground-based probes… This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

After studying the Vera Rubin ridge in detail for more than a year, Curiosity has filmed a complete overview of its new study site called “Rock Hall.”The video was created with images taken on December 19 and also shows its new destination, a clay-rich area called “Glen Torridon” located at the bottom of Gale crater.Vera Rubin’s study held many surprises and still certified the ancient… Read More »360° video: Curiosity leaves the ridge Vera Rubin

I have read a myriad of nonsense written about Mars, but this is really an absurdity D.O.C. !!!The author of this “shot” is Tommaso Ghidini, Head of Division of Structures, Mechanisms and Materials of Esa (European Space Agency), which obviously does not take into account the fact that if indigenous life forms were discovered on Mars, man will remain long away from the surface of… Read More »The man who will walk on Mars today is 5-6 years old