The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible.
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Patches of Rock Record Erased, Revealing Clues
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A new paper enriches scientists’ understanding of where the rock record preserved or destroyed evidence of Mars’ past and...
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5 Hidden Gems Are Riding Aboard NASA’s Perseverance Rover
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The symbols, mottos, and small objects added to the agency’s newest Mars rover serve a variety of purposes, from...
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Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests
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Protecting Mars Sample Return spacecraft from micrometeorites requires high-caliber work. Read More
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NASA Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter
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One of six instruments aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on...
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Mars Is Getting a New Robotic Meteorologist
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Sensors on NASA’s Perseverance will help prepare for future human exploration by taking weather measurements and studying dust particles....
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NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission
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With its recent 21st flight complete, the Red Planet rotorcraft is on its way to setting more records during...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Video of Solar Eclipse on Mars
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The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, to study how its orbit...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Will Peer Beneath Mars’ Surface
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The agency’s newest rover will use the first ground-penetrating radar instrument on the Martian surface to help search for...