Sometimes half measures can be a good thing – especially on a journey this long. The agency’s latest rover only has about 146 million miles left to reach its destination.
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NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm
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InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. Read More
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hightails It to Martian Delta
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The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Faster, Farther on Third Flight
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The craft’s April 25 flight was conducted at speeds and distances beyond what had ever been previously demonstrated, even...
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Where Should Future Astronauts Land on Mars? Follow the Water
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A new NASA paper provides the most detailed map to date of near-surface water ice on the Red Planet....
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gets the Dirt on Mars
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The mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the...
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NASA’s InSight ‘Hears’ Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars
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The Mars lander’s seismometer has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past two years. Read More
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Watch (and Hear) How NASA’s Perseverance Rover Took Its First Selfie
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The historic image of the rover beside the Mars Helicopter proved to be one of the most complex rover...
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Sensors Collect Crucial NASA Data on Mars Environment With Perseverance Landing
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MEDLI2 was one of the crucial technologies onboard the rover’s protective aeroshell that helped document the entry, descent, and...