A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the surface.
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NASA to Provide Update on Perseverance ‘Firsts’ Since Mars Landing
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Mission team members are participating in a virtual teleconference to discuss milestones achieved so far since the Feb. 18...
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Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests
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OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
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The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Video of Record Flight
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Imagery has come down from Mars capturing a recent fight in which the rotorcraft flew farther and faster than...
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NASA’s InSight Records Monster Quake on Mars
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Estimated to be magnitude 5, the quake is the biggest ever detected on another planet. Read More
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NASA To Host Briefing on Insight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Findings
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Scientists from two Mars missions will discuss how they combined images and data for a major finding on the...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen From Red Planet
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The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument achieved by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, points the way to future human...
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NASA’s InSight Enters Safe Mode During Regional Mars Dust Storm
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The lander has taken measures to conserve energy; engineers aim to return to normal operations next week. Read More