In the fourth season of “On a Mission” we’ll be transported to the Red Planet with all five of NASA’s Mars rovers.

Pupil outcome: I can discuss and explore the narrative of 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'. Key learning points: - ‘Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover’ is a non-fiction narrative text. - It contains some, but not all of the...

Pupil outcome: I can identify and engage with the key themes in 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'. Key learning points: - Since the text’s publication, the Curiosity rover has continued to explore Mars’ surface. - Innovation is a...

Today, the crew at The Fort learn about engineers and how they design different ways to solve problems like they did for the rovers exploring Mars!<br/>

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will sport a rock-vaporizing laser gun

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is using its self-driving capabilities as it treks across Jezero Crater seeking signs of ancient life and gathering rock and soil samples for planned return to Earth.



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Pupil outcome: I can understand the context of 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'. Key learning points: - The Mars rover marked a significant development in space exploration. - ‘Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover’ is a narrative...

The strange shape seen in the Martian horizon moments after the Curiosity Mars rover landed was a dust cloud kicked up by the crash-landing of the Mars rover's Skycrane descent stage, NASA announced on Saturday. About 40 seconds after...

The Chinese National Space Administration, or CNSA, says its Tianwen-1 orbiter will release its Zhurong Mars rover on 17 May. The orbiter arrived in Mars orbit on 24 February, carrying with it the rover and its landing cradle.

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Mars rover Curiosity is set to use its drilling unit for the first time to sample the inside of Martian rocks. The drill is the only piece of equipment Curiosity has yet to employ since it landed on Mars in early August. The rover is...

The Mars rover Curiosity has been sending back a constant stream of information from Mars to Earth since it touched down on the red planet on August 6. Curiosity can communicate direct with Earth directly by using its high-gain antenna...

The Curiosity Mars rover has captured photos suggesting that Aeolis Mons, unofficially known as Mount Sharp, was created by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years, NASA says.

At Serious Play 2008, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA's legendary Jet Propulsion Lab -- including tales and video from the Mars Rover project.

Put on your spacesuits, because we’re off to explore Mars! We’ll learn all about how we could live there, and meet the robots that already do!<br/>
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Squeaks and Jessi explore how scientists can learn things about Mars by sending rovers to land on it. They can drive around, do science, and help us learn about the Red Planet!

NASA's Spirit Rover's 6 minutes of terror and landing on Mars.

See lunar rover prototypes being tested in China. <b<br/>r/>

Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)

Rovers like Curiosity search for life on Mars using rock and soil samples, but why don't they examine liquid or frozen water?

We’re all excited about the Mars rover Perseverance this week, but scientists are also working on some other exciting things!

Mars One. The Mars Rover. Bruno Mars. Mars Bars. It's pretty clear we're OBSESSED with the idea of Mars, especially in regard to it being a potential colony for earthlings. But is that really the best option? Is there a better place for...

We’re all excited about the Mars rover Perseverance this week, but scientists are also working on some other exciting things!

The Mars chamber is a box--about the size of a refrigerator--that re-creates the temperatures, pressures, and atmosphere of the Martian surface, essentially creating a Mars environment on Earth!



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Episode one launches with Jennifer Trosper in the driver’s seat. As she looks in the rearview mirror at twenty-five years of exploring with NASA’s Mars rovers, she reveals how their progression has kept pace with milestones in her life.