In "Captain Imagine: Tour of the Solar System" (2020) children's book by Karim Elmahmoudi Captain Imagine, a futuristic space explorer, takes young Emily and her brother Simon on a guided tour of our Solar System. The retrofuturistic illustrations for the book were created by American digital painter Jon Hrubesch. Here is one of the illustrations where Captain Imagine and the two children are exploring a Martian canyon.
Showing posts with label Mars Rover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars Rover. Show all posts
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Exploration rover in Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars by Ludovic Celle

Monday, October 18, 2021
Mars exploration roadtrip by Pascal Lee
Over the years planetary scientist, the director of Haughton-Mars Project, Pascal Lee has created a set of paintings depicting a Mars exploration roadtrip. Here are several of them. More of his Mars related paintings here.
Stopping at a crater in Utopia Planitia:
Astronauts exploring a lava tube on Mars:
Mars exploration rover:
Astronaut exploring Mars:
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Mars exploration expedition returning to their base
Mars exploration expedition finally returning to their base at sunset before the onset of a cold Martian night by Mondolithic Studios (Chris Wren & Kenn Brown).
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Astronaut relaxing near a SpaceX Starship spaceport
Picture of the Day 30/03/2021 - Astronaut leaning against his Mars rover derived from a retro car near a SpaceX Starship spaceport by American video game concept artist Darren Bacon in collaboration with parody account Bored Elon.
Friday, February 26, 2021
SpaceX Mars exploration rover concept by Alexander Svanidze
Russian game artist Alexander Svanidze has created his concept of SpaceX's Mars exploration rover (CyberRover) made by Tesla. More of his art here.




Friday, February 19, 2021
Landing site of Perseverance Mars 2020 rover
On February 18th NASA successfully landed its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on Mars in Jezero Crater (Western Isidis Planitia). As you may wonder where it is, we placed Perseverance's landing location on the map of Mars by National Geographic Society:
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has created an animated flyover of the Martian surface explaining why Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide ancient lake-delta system, is the best place for Perseverance to find and collect promising samples for a possible future return to Earth. The animation also reveals the route Perseverance will travel in the first years after landing:
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing in infographics
Tomorrow, on February 18, NASA will land its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on Mars in Jezero Crater (Western Isidis Planitia). Its mission is to collect samples for later retrieval and it is accompanied by a small reconnaissance drone-helicopter Ingenuity - the first such craft on Mars. We will be able to watch NASA's broadcast of the landing here (starting on 19:15 UTC).
Here is an excellent infographic of Perseverance's landing sequence by Australian space illustrator Tony Bela:
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Sunday, December 20, 2020
Mars base by Maciej Rebisz
Picture of the Day 20/12/2020 - Exploration rover at human base on Mars by Polish artist Maciej Rebisz - concept art for Space Company Simulator - a management simulation game (2018) where your final goal is to launch the first manned mission to Mars. Maciej Rebisz is currently working as senior concept artist for game developer CD Projekt RED (The Witcher game series, Cyberpunk 2077); more of his art here.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Mars exploration caravan at a giant spaceship wreck by Wayne Haag
Picture of the Day 27/10/2020 - Oil painting of Mars exploration caravan at a giant spaceship wreck by Australian concept artist Wayne Haag. More of his art here.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Mars exploration rover by Maciej Rebisz
Picture of the Day 21/10/2020 - International Mars exploration rover by Polish concept artist, currently working as senior concept artist for game developer CD PROJEKT RED (The Witcher game series, Cyberpunk 2077), Maciej Rebisz. More of his art here.

Thursday, July 30, 2020
NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launch
Today, July 30, at 7:50 AM (EDT) NASA will launch its next generation Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to Mars. The rover will land on Mars on February 18, 2021 in Jezero Crater (Western Isidis Planitia) to collect samples for later retrieval; the rover will be accompanied by a small reconnaissance drone-helicopter Ingenuity.
Here you can watch NASA's livestream of the launch:
The Perseverance is a twin rover of the Curiosity rover (working on Mars since 2012) with some upgrades:
Overview of the Perseverance scientific instruments:
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
NASA astronaut on Mars by James Vaughan
Two variants of a scene with NASA's astronaut on Mars by photographer and concept artist James Vaughan - one with a small human base in the background and the second in front of an exploration rover. More of Vaughan's aerospace and defense concept art here.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Starman resting at his Tesla Cybertruck on Mars by Eashan Misra
SpaceX's Starman resting at his Tesla Cybertruck on Mars by Indian space artist Eashan Misra. More of his art here. According to Elon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, the pressurized edition of Cybertruck will be capable to drive on Mars.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Tesla Cybertruck on Mars
The pressurized edition of Tesla Cybertruck, unveiled yesterday by Elon Musk, will be capable operating on Mars. Reddit user u/redditbsbsbs has made an image:
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Mars rover returning to lander by Jaroslaw Marcinek
Picture of the Day 13/7/2019 - Mars rover returning to a lander by Polish freelance illustrator Jaroslaw Marcinek. More of his art here.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Mars exploration rover by Sergii Golotovskiy
Picture of the Day 21/6/2019 - Mars exploration rover in a sandstorm by Polish concept artist Sergii Golotovskiy. More of his art here.
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Mars exploration rover and drones by Paul Canavan
Picture of the Day 16/6/2019 - Painting of Mars exploration rover and drones by British fantasy artist Paul Canavan. More of his art here.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Mars rover concept by Jort van Welbergen
Picture of the Day 31/3/2019 - Mars rover concept by Dutch concept designer Jort van Welbergen for upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Star Citizen. More of his concept art here.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Mars truck by Pat Presley
Picture of the Day 10/3/2019 - Mars truck by American concept artist Pat Presley. More of his art here.
The truck on the move, accompanied by a pair of speeders:
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