Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, has assumed leadership of NASA’s first mission devoted to studying the Martian atmosphere.
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Gets a Major Software Upgrade
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The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new driving capabilities. Read More
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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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Sensors Collect Crucial NASA Data on Mars Environment With Perseverance Landing
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MEDLI2 was one of the crucial technologies onboard the rover’s protective aeroshell that helped document the entry, descent, and...
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The Mars Relay Network Connects Us to NASA’s Martian Explorers
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A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch...
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NASA Uses Two Worlds to Test Future Mars Helicopter Designs
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Engineers will go beyond the ends of the Earth to find more performance for future Mars helicopters....
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake
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Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting...
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NASA’s Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover ‘Takes the Wheel’
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The agency’s newest rover is trekking across the Martian landscape using a newly enhanced auto-navigation system. Read More
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NASA and ESA Agree on Next Steps to Return Mars Samples to Earth
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The agency’s Perseverance rover will establish the first sample depot on Mars. Read More
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