The name honors recently deceased mission scientist Rafael Navarro-González, who helped lead the team that identified ancient organic compounds on Mars
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Gets a Major Software Upgrade
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The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new driving capabilities. Read More
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Flight 41 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 41 Flight date: No earlier than 01/25/2023 Horizontal flight distance (nominal, w/ max divert): 587 feet...
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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 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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Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander’s Legs to the Test
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Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on...
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Happy Holidays from Jezero Crater
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The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter family wishes you and yours the happiest of holiday seasons. O Ingenuity O...
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NASA to Provide Update on InSight Mars Lander
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NASA and InSight leaders will share the latest on the pioneering spacecraft’s science findings and discuss future milestones for...
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Tricky Terrain: Helping to Assure a Safe Rover Landing
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How two new technologies will help Perseverance, NASA’s most sophisticated rover yet, touch down onto the surface of Mars...
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