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Cracks in Ancient Martian Mud Surprise NASA’s Curiosity Rover Team
, , Latest News - NASA's Mars Exploration Program A new paper suggests the same conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable to the...
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Again After Unscheduled Landing
, , Latest News - NASA's Mars Exploration Program The helicopter performed a short hop to help the team better understand why its previous flight was...
Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Faces Its Toughest Climb Yet on Mars
, , Latest News - NASA's Mars Exploration Program Shortly before the rover’s 11th anniversary on the Red Planet, its team helped guide it up a...
Flight 54 Expected Flight date: 08/03/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 0 (pop-up flight) Flight time: 24.62 seconds Flight altitude:...
NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle Continues Progress Toward Mars Sample Return
, , Latest News - NASA's Mars Exploration Program The first rocket launch from the surface of another planet will be accomplished using two solid rocket...
Flight 53 Expected Flight date: 07/22/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 666.34 feet (203.1 meters) Flight time: 136.82 seconds Flight...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
, , Latest News - NASA's Mars Exploration Program A cutting-edge instrument called SHERLOC, which hunts for molecules potentially related to ancient life, played a key...
Ancient River Is Helping NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Do Its Work
, , Latest News - NASA's Mars Exploration Program The six-wheeled geologist is getting some assistance in its in search for diverse rock samples that could...