Software

Get The Mars Rover On Your Phone

Gizmodo AU

Don’t be anti-social while you wait for definitive signs of water, ancient ruins or alien life! NASA/JPL’s new app for Android and iOS, called Mars Images, lets you view the latest photos from the Mars Rover without having to sit at home, constantly whacking F5 on the official website.


February 18, 2010
Science

NASA’s Laser Pulse ChemCam Is Destined For CSI: Mars

The best way to figure out what something’s made of? Vaporise it. With a laser. That’s NASA’s philosophy, anyway, in the form of a high-energy laser system that’s going to be mounted on the next Mars rover. PEWPEW.


November 15, 2009
Science

Spirit Rover Ready To Take…Those Sunken Wheels…

…And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit’s been better, but that doesn’t mean he’s down and out. No sir. NASA is ready to make the little guy mobile again and put him back to work.


September 29, 2009
Science

Britain’s Mars Rover Tested On Earth

Europe plans to launch its own rover to Mars in 2018. Here we see the Britain-built “Bridget” driving around some hole in the ground that sort of looks like Mars.