Seven minutes of harrowing descent to the Red Planet is in the not-so-distant future for the agency’s Mars 2020 mission.
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NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight
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Now uncocooned from its protective carbon-fiber shield, the helicopter is being readied for its next steps. Read More
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In
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The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Read...
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NASA’s Curiosity Reaches Mars Ridge Where Water Left Debris Pileup
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Believed to be a remnant of powerful ancient debris flows, Gediz Vallis Ridge is a destination long...
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NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search
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NASA is working with its international partners to study the ancient Earth as it relates to Mars...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
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Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be...
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Why – and How – NASA Gives a Name to Every Spot It Studies on Mars
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Martian maps are full of monikers recognizing places on Earth, explorers, and even cartoon characters. Read More
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NASA’s Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars’ Watery Past
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Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of...
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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...