After years of climbing, the Mars rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying.
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Flight 41 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 41 Flight date: No earlier than 01/25/2023 Horizontal flight distance (nominal, w/ max divert): 587 feet...
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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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Testing Proves Its Worth With Successful Mars Parachute Deployment
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The giant canopy that helped land Perseverance on Mars was tested here on Earth at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility...
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NASA’s MAVEN Observes Martian Light Show Caused by Major Solar Storm
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For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA’s MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet...
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Meet the Open-Source Software Powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s...
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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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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample
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The rock core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, and will be available for retrieval in...
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NASA to Host Briefing on Successful Sample Collection of Martian Rock
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Panelists will discuss the Perseverance rover’s successful collection of the sample and latest science analysis. Read More
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