OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential driving hazards on the surface of the Red Planet.
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Flight 63 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 63 Expected flight date: 10/19/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 573.93 meters Expected flight time: 137 seconds Flight altitude: 12...
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NASA’s Perseverance Plans Next Sample Attempt
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The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
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A cutting-edge instrument called SHERLOC, which hunts for molecules potentially related to ancient life, played a key...
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6 Things to Know About NASA’s Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars
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Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet. Read More
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NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm
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InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. Read More
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NASA to Host Briefing to Preview First Mars Helicopter Flights
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Members of the projects will lay out the steps necessary before the helicopter attempts its historic test flights. Read...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight
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The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible....
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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...