The agency’s lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the yawning new crater from space.
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NASA’s Curiosity Views First ‘Sun Rays’ on Mars
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The veteran rover captured a dazzling sunset at the start of a new cloud-imaging campaign. Read More
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mission Honored by the Space Foundation
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The mission picked up the 2021 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration for its history-making achievements....
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Flight 61 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 61 Expected flight date: 09/29/2023 Horizontal flight distance: N/A Flight time: 129.69 seconds Max altitude: 24 meters...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First One-Way Trip
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The Red Planet rotorcraft headed south in support of furthering research into the potential use of aerial scouts on...
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Flight 43 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 43 Flight date: No earlier than 02/11/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 1235.6 feet (376.56 meters) Flight time:...
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NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time
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The first trek of the agency’s largest, most advanced rover yet on the Red Planet marks a major milestone...
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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 Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter
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One of six instruments aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on...
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