The helicopter is scheduled to lift off close to the end of the day on April 11.
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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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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes Selfie With ‘Mont Mercou’
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The rover also snapped a pair of panoramas to create a 3D view of the stark cliff face featured...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
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The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist is staying strong, despite wear and tear from...
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NASA Extends Exploration for 8 Planetary Science Missions
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Among the missions are InSight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and Curiosity, all of which have been critical to...
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Testing Proves Its Worth With Successful Mars Parachute Deployment
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The giant canopy that helped land Perseverance on Mars was tested here on Earth at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility...
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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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Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’
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Three studies published in the past month have cast doubt on the premise of subsurface lakes below the Martian...
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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)...