The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill.
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NASA Extends Exploration for 8 Planetary Science Missions
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Among the missions are InSight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and Curiosity, all of which have been critical to...
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Happy Holidays from Jezero Crater
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The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter family wishes you and yours the happiest of holiday seasons. O Ingenuity O...
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NASA’s InSight ‘Hears’ Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars
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The Mars lander’s seismometer has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past two years. Read More
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NASA’s Mars Fleet Lays Low As Sun Moves Between Earth and Red Planet
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The missions will continue collecting data about the Red Planet, though engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands...
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My Favorite Martian Image: ‘Enchanted’ Rocks at Jezero Crater
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Not even Obi-Wan Kenobi could convince Perseverance’s Katie Stack Morgan that these are not the rocks she’s looking for....
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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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AI Is Helping Scientists Discover Fresh Craters on Mars
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It’s the first time machine learning has been used to find previously unknown craters on the Red Planet. Read...
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MOXIE Could Help Future Rockets Launch Off Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance rover carries a device to convert Martian air into oxygen that, if produced on a larger scale,...