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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Flight 38 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight number: 38 Date of flight: NET Dec. 24 Flight duration: 68 seconds Horizontal flight distance: 344 feet (105...
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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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The Right Stuff
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Trailblazer Long before Ingenuity’s historic first flight on Mars, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern...
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NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033
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Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander’s Legs to the Test
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Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on...
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Building a Mars Treasure Chest, One Test Tube at a Time
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This week, the Perseverance team here on Earth hopes to make scientific treasure hunting history on Mars. Read More
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My Favorite Martian Image: ‘Enchanted’ Rocks at Jezero Crater
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Testing Rocks on Earth to Help NASA’s Perseverance Work on Mars
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Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to work with crumbly rocks like the one...
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