The mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the Red Planet and engineers prepare for future missions there.
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Flight 59 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 59 Expected flight date: 09/16/2023 Horizontal flight distance: N/A (pop-up flight) Expected flight time: 142.94 seconds Max altitude: 20...
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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...
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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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Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to Capture Sounds From the Red Planet
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Audio gathered by the mission may not sound quite the same on Mars as it would to our ears...
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NASA Confirms Thousands of Massive, Ancient Volcanic Eruptions on Mars
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Scientists found evidence that a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra experienced thousands of “super eruptions,” the biggest...
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Flight 50 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 50 Expected Flight date: 04/05/2023 Horizontal distance: 1,005.3 feet (306.4 meters) Flight time: 138.58 seconds Max...
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Engineers Keep an Eye on Fuel Supply of NASA’s Oldest Mars Orbiter
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Measuring the fuel supply on a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge is no easy task. Read...
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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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