The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location.
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Flight 52 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 52 Expected Flight date: 04/26/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 1191.522 feet (363.176 meters) Flight time: 138.88 seconds...
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Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’
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Three studies published in the past month have cast doubt on the premise of subsurface lakes below the Martian...
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Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket
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The same facility that provided valuable testing for NASA missions to low-Earth orbit and the Moon is...
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Testing Rocks on Earth to Help NASA’s Perseverance Work on Mars
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Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to work with crumbly rocks like the one...
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NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ Ends Its Journey on Mars
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The heat probe hasn’t been able to gain the friction it needs to dig, but the mission has been...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Faster, Farther on Third Flight
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The craft’s April 25 flight was conducted at speeds and distances beyond what had ever been previously demonstrated, even...
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Flight 49 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 49 Flight date (no earlier than): 03/29/2023 Horizontal distance: feet 893.9 feet (272.5 meters) Flight time: 135.47 seconds...
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NASA’s Perseverance Sheds More Light on Jezero Crater’s Watery Past
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Pictures from NASA’s latest six-wheeler on the Red Planet suggest the area’s history experienced significant flooding events. Read More
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