A NASA team has found that organic, or carbon-containing, salts are likely present on Mars, with implications for the Red Planet’s past habitability.
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Flight 68 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 68 Expected flight date: 12/09/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 828 meters Expected flight time: 146.56 seconds Flight altitude: 16 meters...
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Flight 61 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 61 Expected flight date: 09/29/2023 Horizontal flight distance: N/A Flight time: 129.69 seconds Max altitude: 24 meters...
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NASA’s Perseverance Collects First Mars Sample of New Science Campaign
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The rover continues its hunt for rocks worthy of bringing to Earth for further study. Read More
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Searching for Life in NASA’s Perseverance Mars Samples
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When the agency’s newest rover mission searches for fossilized microscopic life on the Red Planet, how will scientists know...
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Aviation Week Awards NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter With Laureate
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The prestigious honor recognizes the pioneering rotorcraft for its history-making flights on the Red Planet. Read More
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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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NASA’s MAVEN Observes Martian Light Show Caused by Major Solar Storm
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For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA’s MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet...
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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...