Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, has assumed leadership of NASA’s first mission devoted to studying the Martian atmosphere.
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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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Perseverance’s Four-Legged Companion is Ready
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On May 3rd 2022 Ingenuity’s team of engineers and scientists got their first hint of the hardship...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Will Peer Beneath Mars’ Surface
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The agency’s newest rover will use the first ground-penetrating radar instrument on the Martian surface to help search for...
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NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
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NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream...
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NASA Leadership Visits JPL, Discusses Climate Change and Mars
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy met with elected officials about Earth science and visited mission...
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NASA’s InSight Detects Two Sizable Quakes on Mars
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The magnitude 3.3 and 3.1 temblors originated in a region called Cerberus Fossae, further supporting the idea that this...
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NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars
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The agency’s lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the...
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NASA’s InSight Enters Safe Mode During Regional Mars Dust Storm
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The lander has taken measures to conserve energy; engineers aim to return to normal operations next week. Read More
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