Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to work with crumbly rocks like the one the rover encountered on its first sampling attempt.
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NASA to Brief Early Science From Perseverance Mars Rover
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Panelists will discuss the rover’s recently started science campaign and groundwork for its next major milestone. Read More
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My Favorite Martian Image: Helicopter Scouts Ridge Area for Perseverance
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A member of the Perseverance rover’s science team explains why the aerial image offers science advantages over ground-level images....
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NASA’s InSight Still Hunting Marsquakes as Power Levels Diminish
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Dusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring the Mars lander mission to a close around the...
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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 Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low
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Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position...
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Flight 45 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 45 Flight date: No earlier than 02/22/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 1,614.38 feet (492.063 meters) Flight time:...
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NASA’s Curiosity Captures Martian Morning, Afternoon in New ‘Postcard’
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Lighting from two times of day was combined for a stunning view of terrain that the rover...
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NASA’s Angie Jackman Works to Develop Rocket That Will Bring Mars Samples to Earth
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Meet the project manager of the first rocket to launch from the surface of another planet, the Mars Ascent...
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