Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be considered for a journey to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot
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The 10 sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface so they can be studied on Earth in the future...
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NASA’s Oxygen-Generating Experiment MOXIE Completes Mars Mission
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Riding with the Perseverance rover, the instrument has proved to be a viable technology for astronauts on...
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NASA to Host Briefing on Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Operations
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Members of the mission will discuss the rover’s activities as it gathers samples in an ancient river delta. Read...
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Flight 57 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 57 Expected Flight date: 09/2/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 204 meters Flight time: 120.12 seconds Flight altitude:...
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Flight 58 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 58 Expected flight date: 09/11/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 171.38 meters Flight time: 129.8 seconds Flight altitude:...
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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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Flight 66 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 66 Expected flight date: 11/02/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 0.5 meters Expected flight time: 23.38 seconds Flight altitude:...
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