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Dr. Ken Herkenhoff shares the tactical planning work he and others are doing as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover mission. Set eyes on a...

USGS Astrogeology raises a toast to the significant contributions made by Eugene (“Gene”) Shoemaker to planetary science, astronaut geologic training...

NASA's Curiosity rover continues to analyze the Martian surface.

The recently released USGS Geologic Map of the Source Region of Shalbatana Vallis, Mars (Berman et al., 2023) is a detailed look at one of Mars'...

Welcome to the first USGS-NASA Planetary Geologic Mapping Program Quarterly Report! We have been focusing on getting USGS-published geologic maps...

Medium-sized asteroids hit Earth frequently without major devastation, but there is more to an asteroid impact than meets the eye. Impacts can cause...

The Earth has a lot of water, but that’s not the only place Astrogeology is going in search of this precious resource! Whether it’s finding water on a...

An issue at a Deep Space Network station prevented the Sol 3785 plan from being sent to Mars, so none of those planned activities occurred. But the...

Mars: the NASA Curiosity rover conducts more analyses of the Tapo Caparo drill sample.

The tactical operations team was very happy this morning because it appears that a sample of the Tapo Caparo bedrock was successfully acquired...