The rover touches down on the Red Planet next month, and students can join the excitement by designing, building, and landing their own Mars mission. NASA can help.
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NASA Prepares to Say ‘Farewell’ to InSight Spacecraft
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A closer look at what goes into wrapping up the mission as the spacecraft’s power supply continues to dwindle....
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After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
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NASA has proven powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds, just as the Wright brothers proved...
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NASA Mars Mission Begins a New Chapter of Science With a New Leader
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Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL)...
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Engineers Keep an Eye on Fuel Supply of NASA’s Oldest Mars Orbiter
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Measuring the fuel supply on a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge is no easy task. Read...
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Biggest Moments on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover 2021 Year in Review
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A new video looks back on the six-wheeled scientist’s first 10 months on the Red Planet and all that...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain
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The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and...
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Flight 62 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 62 Expected flight date: 10/12/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 268 meters Flight time: 119.30 seconds Max altitude: 18 m...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First Rock
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Perseverance will obtain additional imagery of the sample tube before potentially completing the process of collecting its first scientifically-selected...
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