The symbols, mottos, and small objects added to the agency’s newest Mars rover serve a variety of purposes, from functional to decorative.
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NASA Mars Mission Begins a New Chapter of Science With a New Leader
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Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL)...
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Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander’s Legs to the Test
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Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on...
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Searching for Life in NASA’s Perseverance Mars Samples
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When the agency’s newest rover mission searches for fossilized microscopic life on the Red Planet, how will scientists know...
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NASA’s Curiosity Takes Inventory of Key Life Ingredient on Mars
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Newly published research quantifies the presence of organic carbon in Martian rocks. Read More
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes Selfie With ‘Mont Mercou’
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The rover also snapped a pair of panoramas to create a 3D view of the stark cliff face featured...
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NASA’s Odyssey Orbiter Marks 20 Historic Years of Mapping Mars
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For two decades, the longest-lived spacecraft at the Red Planet has helped locate water ice, assess landing sites, and...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gets the Dirt on Mars
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The mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the...
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Biggest Moments on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover 2021 Year in Review
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A new video looks back on the six-wheeled scientist’s first 10 months on the Red Planet and all that...
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