InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gets the Dirt on Mars
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The mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the...
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NASA Extends Exploration for 8 Planetary Science Missions
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Among the missions are InSight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and Curiosity, all of which have been critical to...
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NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low
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Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position...
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Flight 47 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 47 Flight date: No earlier than 03/09/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 1410.728 feet (429.99 meters) Flight time (nominal, w/ max...
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How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts
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A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the...
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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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Flight 36 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight number: 36 Date of flight: NET Dec. 10 Flight duration: 60.82 seconds Horizontal flight distance: 361 feet (110...
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First You See It, Then You Don’t: Scientists Closer to Explaining Mars Methane Mystery
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