A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond.
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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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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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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 Perseverance Makes New Discoveries in Mars’ Jezero Crater
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The rover found that Jezero Crater’s floor is made up of volcanic rocks that have interacted with water. Read...
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NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science
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The mission has concluded that the solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four...
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How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts
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A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the...
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Flight 67 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 67 Expected flight date: 12/02/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 392.84 meters Expected flight time: 133.57 seconds Flight altitude:...
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Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
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The agency’s latest and most complex mission to the Red Planet has touched down at Jezero Crater. Now it’s...
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