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RoveSoSimulator: Mars rover simulation released https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/08/rovesosimulator-released/ #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #MarsRover #Robotics

#marsrover at #emfcamp2026 We need more robots at #emfcamp Amongst other projects I'll never do, I'd like to do a vintage miniature robot display, and a vintage science/electronic kit display, and a mini science fair, and a vintage laser display, and none of this will happen, I only have one pair of hands.

Meanwhile on Mars:
Curiosity Rover checks out this interesting rock located just in front of one of its six wheels.

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

#Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #JPL #Meteorite #MeteorWrong

ERNEST completes first phase field testing in desert of California - ERNEST is a prototype for future long range lunar and Martian explorer intended to transverse shadowed crater floors, lava tubes, and water-ice deposits at the Martian lunar south pole.

Next Steps = scale the vehicle to twice the size of the current prototype. https://satnews.com/2026/06/28/nasa-concludes-desert-field-testing-for-autonomous-lunar-rover-prototype/ #Mars #MarsRover #Space #JPL #NASA #MarsExploration #SpaceExploration #LunarRover #ERNEST #LunarRover

In Photos: NASA Tests its Next Mars and Moon Rover in a California Desert https://petapixel.com/2026/07/06/in-photos-nasa-tests-its-next-mars-and-moon-rover-in-a-california-desert/ #jetpropulsionlaboratory #lunarrover #marsrover #nasajpl #science #ernest #Space #rover #space #News #mars #moon #NASA

NASA just dropped a massive plot twist for the future of the Moon Base program! Instead of building a brand-new vehicle from scratch, the agency is exploring a plan to take a 1-ton, car-sized Mars backup rover and blast it to the Moon's South Pole.

#nasa #artemis #moonbase #spaceexploration #marsrover #perseverance #curiosity #jpl #spacex #blueorigin

#ArianeGroup:
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ExoMars: Eintritt des thermischen Schutzschilds in die Integrationsphase
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"Mit dem Eintreffen der Struktur des Wärmeschutzschilds (Front Shield) für die Marskapsel am ArianeGroup-Standort in Issac erreicht das europäische Programm ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Mission (RFM) eine weitere wichtige Etappe. .."

https://www.ariane.group/de/news/exomars-eintritt-des-thermischen-schutzschilds-in-die-integrationsphase/

26.6.2026

#Airbus #ESA #ExoMars #ExoMarsRover #Hitzeschild #Mars #MarsRover #Raumfahrt #RFM #RosalindFranklin #SpaceFlight #TAS

#MPS:
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Marsmission: Härtetest für die Suche nach Leben

Bodenproben vom Mars können verraten, ob es dort vor Milliarden von Jahren Leben gab. Forschende bereiten sich mit Laboruntersuchungen von Meteoriten vor.
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".. Ab 2030 soll .. ESA-Rover ..auf dem Mars nach Überresten von Leben suchen. .."

https://www.mps.mpg.de/marsmission-haertetest-fuer-die-suche-nach-leben?c=2728

18.6.2026

#Erdöl #ESA #ExoMars #Leben #Mars #Marsrover #Meteorit #MOMA #Murchison #Organik #Phytan #Pristan #Raumfahrt #Raumsonnde #RosalindFranklin #Rover #SpaceFlight

Percy just completed a marathon on Mars: 26.2 miles / 42.2 km across Jezero since landing in 2021. 🏃‍♂️🔴

Could a human do the same? Technically maybe. Practically: thin CO₂ atmosphere, brutal cold, lower gravity, and a spacesuit that turns every step into resistance training.

First Mars marathon will be less Boston, more survival EVA.

#Mars #Perseverance #NASA #Space #MarsRover
https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/nasas-perseverance-rover-just-ran-a-marathon-on-mars-could-you-do-the-same

🚀 So here's your chance to relive the nostalgic days of 1990 with a book that took longer to write than it took to code a Mars rover. 📚 And don't worry, the author generously provides the source code for those who still enjoy debugging on their trusty #MSDOS machine. 😂
https://forgottenbytes.net/commander_keen.html #nostalgia #1990s #coding #books #MarsRover #HackerNews #ngated

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪐🛠️ For 13 years, #NASA’s #Curiosity #rover has survived #Mars thanks to clever fixes by #JPL engineers, like driving backward to protect wheels from sharp boulders, running #computers on less than 1% of original memory, and saving #energy as its #nuclear power source fades.

👉 https://spectrum.ieee.org/curiosity-rover-jpl-mars-science

#engineering #robotics #space #science #marsrover #planet #technology #tech #solutions

@pomarede
Was not expecting that U-turn 🤔 Maybe some of the post drilling data was corrupted which forced a return? Time will tell :)

Here's the 360 NavCam, maps and drive data

#Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #map

Memories from Februaries spent in the #Atacama desert. Team members would take nights off to recover from the heat and do laundry in town, pick up supplies at the hardware store.

Often we had to get those foil-faced windshield covers to protect computers that would overheat in the sun.

Driving through that otherworldly #landscape was exhilarating.

#extremophilia #chile #nasa #marsrover #seti #antofagasta #fieldscience #extremophiles #desert #mondaymemories

@65dBnoise

Sol 1856 - Post-drive 16 tile L-NavCam
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #MarsRover #M2020 #NASA #science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #NavCam

Meanwhile on Mars:
For those that have been following along. After several days of robotic arm gymnastics, the slab of rock that was stuck on Curiosity Rover's drill bit has finally been liberated.

Animated HazCam GIF from Sol 4883 (April 2, 2026) Shows a pair of before and after liberation images. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #GIF #free #HazCam #Drill

This was not on my Mars Bingo Card.

Curiosity rover lifts the rock that is stuck to its drill, gives it a shake which liberated some loose material, but fails to dislodge the errant rock on Sol 4881 (April 30, 2026). The team has an option to eject the drill bit assembly and use one of its spare drill bits, but I assume that will be the last resort. Animated HazCam GIF with timestamps.

#Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #Bingo #stuck #GIF

Meanwhile in Gale Crater.

In this animated GIF we can see dust cascading from the rock that appears to have been lifted by Curiosity's drill bit. The timestamps show the 9 HazCam images were acquired over 15 minutes on Sol 4879 (April 28, 2026). I'm assuming the dust was liberated by the operation of one of the voice coils in the drill. This attempt to free the drill bit does not appear to have been successful.

#Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars

Meanwhile on Mars:
Did Curiosity Rover just lift a rock after drilling into it? Here's a short animation of its drilling operation with timestamps on front HazCam images from Sol 4877 (April 26, 2026)

The first subframe image shows the drill above the target prior to drilling, the next four images show last images of the drilling phase. The last frame was acquired after they raised the robotic arm.

#Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #Stuck #GIF

Mars: Uralte organische Moleküle entdeckt. Curiosity-Rover weist mehr als 20 komplexe organische Verbindungen nach. Stammen sie von Lebensformen? #Mars #Curiosity #NASA #Marsrover
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/mars-uralte-organische-molekuele-entdeckt/

1/ Important news for #Europe’s #Mars ambitions: NASA has begun implementation of ROSA in support of ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission. #Mars2028 #LifeDetection #MarsDrill #MarsRover #RedPlanet #SpaceScience #Exploration #MarsAstrobiology #MarsExploration

NASA startet Umsetzung für Europas Mars-Rover – Aufbruch für #RosalindFranklin, aber mit politischen Risiken
https://dauckchristian.home.blog/2026/04/18/nasa-startet-umsetzung-fur-europas-mars-rover-aufbruch-fur-rosalind-franklin-aber-mit-politischen-risiken/
#ExoMars #ESA #NASA #Mars #Astrobiology #SearchForLife #MarsMission #SpacePolicy #ScienceFunding #MarsRover #MarsAstrobiology #MarsExploration

ESA's Rosalind Franklin Rover Secures Falcon Heavy Launch to Mars in Late 2028 via NASA Partnership

📰 Original title: El rover europeo Rosalind Franklin viajará a Marte en 2028 con un Falcon Heavy

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/esas-rosalind-franklin-rover-secures-falcon-heavy-launch-to-mars-in-late-2028-via-nasa-partnership/?redirpost=872ef68f-94cb-4e93-9fd5-5d0e1bfaae9c

#astronomy #marsrover #esa #falconheavy

Okay, folks, gather 'round, because you are not going to believe this one. My friend who is working at NASA told me this confidential news , but i can finally spill the beans: NASA is officially running NetBSD.

Yeah, you heard that right. Turns out, when you need an OS that can literally run on a potato *and* survive the vacuum of space without a hiccup, you do not mess around. They have been working under wraps with their deep space division on something they are calling "AstroBSD."

Apparently, the Perseverance rover on Mars? Yeah, it is not just taking pretty pictures; it is crunching data with a custom NetBSD kernel.

This just proves what foundation has been saying forever: "Of course it runs NetBSD!" From your ancient router to a rover on another planet.

#NetBSD #NASA #AstroBSD #AprilFools #OpenSource #Portability #MarsRover #SpaceTech #GeekHumor

„Ich war sehr überrascht“: NASA-Rover entdeckt besonderes Material auf dem Mars
https://www.fr.de/wissen/ich-war-sehr-ueberrascht-nasa-rover-entdeckt-besonderes-material-auf-dem-mars-zr-94233684.html #Mars #MarsRover #Perseverance #Korund

NASA's Perseverance Rover has confirmed an ancient river system existed in the Jezero Delta region of Mars billions of years ago.

Perseverance's RIMFAX, a ground-penetrating radar instrument took measurements over the course of 78 traverses between Sept 2023 and Feb 2024, collecting data along a trail some 6.1 kilometers (3.8 miles) long. Those measurements penetrated to depths greater than 35 meters (115 feet).

This is the latest finding adding to multiple lines of evidence show that water once flowed abundantly on Mars. https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-ancient-river-system-found-deep-under-the-surface-of-mars #Mars #Space #Perseverance #MarsRover #NASA #JezeroDelta #Water #WaterOnMars #Radar #RIMFAX #RedPlanet

Perseverance findet Hinweise auf uraltes Flusssystem im Marsboden | heise online
https://heise.de/-11217632 #Mars #Marsrover #MarsroverPerseverance #Perseverance