The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument achieved by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, points the way to future human exploration of the Red Planet.
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Flight 39 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 39 Flight date: NET 01/11/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 456 feet (139 meters) Flight duration: 75.56 seconds...
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NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science
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The mission has concluded that the solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years on...
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NASA-JPL’s ‘On a Mission’ Podcast New Season Rolls Out With Mars Rovers
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With the first episode available now, Season Four shares the personal stories of the people who’ve helped put NASA’s...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Its First Science Campaign on Mars
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The six-wheeled scientist is heading south to explore Jezero Crater’s lakebed in search of signs of ancient microbial life....
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover 22 Days From Mars Landing
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Seven minutes of harrowing descent to the Red Planet is in the not-so-distant future for the agency’s Mars 2020...
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How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts
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A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the...
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Salts Could Be Important Piece of Martian Organic Puzzle
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A NASA team has found that organic, or carbon-containing, salts are likely present on Mars, with implications for the...
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Perseverance’s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science
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NASA’s newest Mars rover is beginning to study the floor of an ancient crater that once held a lake....