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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Flight 62 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 62 Expected flight date: 10/12/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 268 meters Flight time: 119.30 seconds Max altitude: 18 m...
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NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust-Filled Martian Whirlwind
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The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater. Read More
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Flight 64 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 64 Expeected flight date: 10/27/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 408.435 meters Expected flight time: 124.5 seconds Flight...
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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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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Faces Its Toughest Climb Yet on Mars
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Shortly before the rover’s 11th anniversary on the Red Planet, its team helped guide it up a...
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Science at Sunrise: Solving the Mystery of Frost Hiding on Mars
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A new study using data from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter may explain why Martian frost can be invisible to...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Video of Record Flight
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Imagery has come down from Mars capturing a recent fight in which the rotorcraft flew farther and faster than...
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NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt
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The rover continues to explore Jezero Crater while the team assesses today’s activities. Read More
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