NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy met with elected officials about Earth science and visited mission control for the Perseverance Mars rover.
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NASA Mars Mission Begins a New Chapter of Science With a New Leader
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Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL)...
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NASA’s MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought
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Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as...
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NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight
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Now uncocooned from its protective carbon-fiber shield, the helicopter is being readied for its next steps. Read More
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New Study Challenges Long-Held Theory of Fate of Mars’ Water
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The new science results indicate that a large quantity of the Red Planet’s water is trapped in its crust...
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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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Meet the Open-Source Software Powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Cameras Capture Mars Like Never Before
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Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Captures a Mars Rock Feature in 3D
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The rotorcraft captures nuances of rocky outcrop during aerial reconnaissance. Read More