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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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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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Study Looks More Closely at Mars’ Underground Water Signals
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A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface ‘lakes,’ but many are in areas too...
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Flight 62 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 62 Expected flight date: 10/12/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 268 meters Flight time: 119.30 seconds Max altitude: 18 m...
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After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
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NASA has proven powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds, just as the Wright brothers proved...
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NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ Ends Its Journey on Mars
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The heat probe hasn’t been able to gain the friction it needs to dig, but the mission has been...
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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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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....
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