For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA’s MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that began on Aug. 27.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Its First Science Campaign on Mars
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The six-wheeled scientist is heading south to explore Jezero Crater’s lakebed in search of signs of ancient microbial life....
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NASA Marks 25 Years Since Pathfinder Touched Down on Mars
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The newly deployed Sojourner rover – the first of its kind on the Red Planet – sits on the...
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Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests
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OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential...
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Cold Martian Night on Its Own
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April...
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NASA Selects 10 Scientists for International Mission to Martian Moons
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JPL’s Abigail Fraeman will help study the composition of Phobos and Deimos using instruments on the Japan...
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Science at Sunrise: Solving the Mystery of Frost Hiding on Mars
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A new study using data from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter may explain why Martian frost can be invisible to...
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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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Webinars–Taking Flight: How Girls Can Grow up to Be Engineers
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Do you like solving problems, working with other people, and making a difference? Consider a career in engineering! Read...
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