Even as the Perseverance rover approaches Mars, technology on board is paying off on Earth.
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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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NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions
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The missions – Juno and InSight – have each increased our understanding of our solar system, as well as...
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Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket
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The same facility that provided valuable testing for NASA missions to low-Earth orbit and the Moon is...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mission Honored by the Space Foundation
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The mission picked up the 2021 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration for its history-making achievements....
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Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests
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OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential...
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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 years on...
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With First Martian Samples Packed, Perseverance Initiates Remarkable Sample Return Mission
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NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth. Read...
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