After testing a bristling array of instruments on its robotic arm, NASA’s latest Mars rover gets down to business: probing rocks and dust for evidence of past life.
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My Favorite Martian Image: Helicopter Scouts Ridge Area for Perseverance
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A member of the Perseverance rover’s science team explains why the aerial image offers science advantages over ground-level images....
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover 100 Days Out
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Mark your calendars: The agency’s latest rover has only about 8,640,000 seconds to go before it touches down on...
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NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions
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The missions – Juno and InSight – have each increased our understanding of our solar system, as well as...
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Flight 57 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 57 Expected Flight date: 09/2/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 204 meters Flight time: 120.12 seconds Flight altitude:...
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NASA Moves Forward With Campaign to Return Mars Samples to Earth
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During this next phase, the program will mature critical technologies and make critical design decisions as well as assess...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Again After Unscheduled Landing
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The helicopter performed a short hop to help the team better understand why its previous flight was...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight
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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 Perseverance Rover Gives High-Definition Panoramic View of Landing Site
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A 360-degree panorama taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument will be discussed during a public video chat this Thursday....
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