A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond.
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Flight 56 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 56 Expected Flight date: 08/25/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 418 meters Flight time: 136 seconds Flight altitude:...
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Flight 49 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 49 Flight date (no earlier than): 03/29/2023 Horizontal distance: feet 893.9 feet (272.5 meters) Flight time: 135.47 seconds...
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NASA’s Odyssey Orbiter Marks 20 Historic Years of Mapping Mars
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For two decades, the longest-lived spacecraft at the Red Planet has helped locate water ice, assess landing sites, and...
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Flight 34 Was Short But Significant
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Compared to some of the other flights this past year, Flight 34 might not stand out. Even...
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NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ Is Out of Sight
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Now that the heat probe is just below the Martian surface, InSight’s arm will scoop some additional soil on...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Intriguing Martian Bedrock
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Exploring a sediment-rich location in this Mars delta offers tantalizing opportunities for the six-wheeler’s science team. Read...
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Flight 50 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 50 Expected Flight date: 04/05/2023 Horizontal distance: 1,005.3 feet (306.4 meters) Flight time: 138.58 seconds Max...
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NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions
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The missions – Juno and InSight – have each increased our understanding of our solar system, as well as...
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