Mars Technica
Could Jezero Crater hold the keys to unlocking an ancient and hidden past when life existed on the Martian surface? As NASA’s Perseverance rover heads to Mars to find out, we take you on board the spacecraft to learn more about some of its incredible exploratory technology from the scientists who created it. Come journey with us on an exciting podcast by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Update frequency
- every 71 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 15
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
How a trip to the Arctic could help us find life on other planets
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya.
What does a Martian dust devil sound like?
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA.
Mars: 10 years of incredible discoveries
The Curiosity mission was supposed to last about two years, but more than a decade later the rover is still going — making remarkable discoveries all along the way.
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One year on Mars!
On Perseverance's Martian "landiversary," relive the excitement of the rover's historic touchdown and hear about the fascinating discoveries that it's made — and what it could do next.
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Flash floods on Mars!
Evidence shows that there may have been massive flash floods on Mars billions of years ago.
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Surprising first audio from Ingenuity on Mars
For the first time ever, a spacecraft on another planet has recorded sound from an entirely separate spacecraft. Learn why scientists are surprised by what they heard.
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First sounds from Mars
Listen to audio of SuperCam's laser popping against Martian rock and wind as it whooshes past the rover. LANL principal investigator Roger Wiens explains what the sounds mean.
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Perseverance has landed
Millions of miles and eight months of travel come to an end with a terrifying seven-minute landing. First things first: The rover starts on its to-do list.
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Bonus: SuperCam talks!
Nestled within its spacecraft millions of miles from Earth, SuperCam sent scientists an update.
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What rocks may reveal about Martian life
Living microbes play a role in forming rock varnish on Earth. Could they play a role in Martian rock varnish, too?
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A day in the life of a Mars rover
How do you drive a rover on another planet? Could life on Mars have gone underground?
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Searching for signs of life on Mars
Billions of years ago, Mars was warmer and wetter. Could a dried-up lakebed harbor secrets of past life?
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Plutonium power
It takes a special battery to power a rover on another planet.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With specia…
The eye on the rover
Perched atop Perseverance, SuperCam is the rover's "Swiss Army knife," performing five kinds of types of analyses to study Mars' geology.
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Was there life on Mars?
On a mission like no other, Perseverance sets out to search for signs of ancient life on Mars.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Perseverance rov…