Bill Allen has thrived as the mechanical systems design lead for three Mars rover missions, but he got his start as a teenager sorting letters for the NASA center.
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NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
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NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream...
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Autonomous Systems Help NASA’s Perseverance Do More Science on Mars
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A computer pilot helps NASA’s six-wheeled geologist as it searches for rock samples that could be brought...
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NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars
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Cube-shaped snow, icy landscapes, and frost are all part of the Red Planet’s coldest season. Read More
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Flight 46 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 46 Flight date: No earlier than 02/25/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 1,461 feet (445 meters) Flight time (nominal, w/...
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Spots Gear That Helped Perseverance Rover Land
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Eyeing some of the components that enabled the rover to get safely to the Martian surface could provide valuable...
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NASA’s InSight Finds Three Big Marsquakes, Thanks to Solar-Panel Dusting
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The lander cleared enough dust from one solar panel to keep its seismometer on through the summer, allowing scientists...
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MOXIE Could Help Future Rockets Launch Off Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance rover carries a device to convert Martian air into oxygen that, if produced on a larger scale,...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
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A cutting-edge instrument called SHERLOC, which hunts for molecules potentially related to ancient life, played a key...
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