The agency’s newest rover will use the first ground-penetrating radar instrument on the Martian surface to help search for signs of past microbial life.
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Reaches Its 3,000th Day on Mars
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As the rover has continued to ascend Mount Sharp, it’s found distinctive benchlike rock formations. Read More
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First Rock
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Perseverance will obtain additional imagery of the sample tube before potentially completing the process of collecting its first scientifically-selected...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Shows Off Collection of Mars Samples
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The Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup...
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Mars Perseverance Team Members to Be Recognized at Hispanic Heritage Awards
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The three award recipients – Diana Trujillo, Christina Hernandez, and Clara O’Farrell – are engineers from the NASA rover...
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NASA InSight Study Finds Mars Is Spinning Faster
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Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast...
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NASA’s Mars Fleet Lays Low As Sun Moves Between Earth and Red Planet
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The missions will continue collecting data about the Red Planet, though engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
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The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars...
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NASA to Convene Mars Sample Return Review
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The board, initiated by NASA, will provide added confidence that the program won’t exceed guidelines following an...
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