The missions will continue collecting data about the Red Planet, though engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands to them until mid-October.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Video of Solar Eclipse on Mars
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The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, to study how its orbit...
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Signs of Life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins the Hunt
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After testing a bristling array of instruments on its robotic arm, NASA’s latest Mars rover gets down to business:...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover 22 Days From Mars Landing
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Seven minutes of harrowing descent to the Red Planet is in the not-so-distant future for the agency’s Mars 2020...
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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost
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The spacecraft successfully cleared some dust off its solar panels, helping to raise its energy and delay when it...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter to Begin New Demonstration Phase
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The Red Planet rotorcraft will shift focus from proving flight is possible on Mars to demonstrating flight operations that...
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Watch (and Hear) How NASA’s Perseverance Rover Took Its First Selfie
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The historic image of the rover beside the Mars Helicopter proved to be one of the most complex rover...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Measures Intriguing Carbon Signature on Mars
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The type of carbon is associated with biological processes on Earth. Curiosity scientists offer several explanations for the unusual...
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NASA’s Next Mars Rover Is Ready for the Most Precise Landing Yet
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What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Read...