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NASA's Perseverance rover is driving itself around Mars using an enhanced auto-navigation system
Perseverance's AutoNav system lets it take charge of its drive around Mars without heavily relying …
Zahra Tayeb
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The case for alien life on Mars just got stronger, thanks to NASA's Curiosity Rover
Temperatures on Mars fluctuate between around 67 degrees Fahrenheit at their highest to −243 degree…
Hilary Brueck
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A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars snapped a photo of the Perseverance rover in the crater below
NASA's satellite captured a photo of Perseverance exploring some of the oldest and perhaps most acc…
Lily Katzman
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What is it like to drive the Perseverance rover remotely? A NASA engineer explains the challenges of piloting the vehicle's journey across Mars.
A NASA Perseverance rover driver explains what it's like driving a nuclear-powered machine during a…
Zahra Tayeb
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NASA scientists have to wear red-blue 3D glasses to pilot the Mars Curiosity rover because their advanced goggles don't work from home
The pilots of Curiosity normally rely on using special 3D goggles to look at the landscape around C…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The NASA Perseverance's SuperCam delivered audio of Martian rocks being zapped by lasers. It is one of the many highlights of its mission so far.
NASA released an audiotape of its rover zapping a rock this week, highlighting another example of t…
Zahra Tayeb
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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover just sent back a stunning new selfie from the red planet
The rover has climbed a little over 1,100 feet since it landed in 2012. Plans are for the rover to …
Kevin Loria
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NASA's Perseverance rover just went for its first drive on Mars, then spotted its own wheel tracks in the dirt
Perseverance's six-wheel drive leaves quite an imprint in its path. Those wheels are ready to carry…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA added 6 HD video cameras to its next Mars rover so we can all watch the first footage of a spacecraft landing on another planet
The Perseverance rover will perform a descent to the surface that will require a heat shield, super…
Dave Mosher
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NASA just unveiled a high-def, 360-degree panorama of Mars from the Perseverance rover. It's made from 142 photos.
The Perseverance rover wasted no time snapping photos on Mars. NASA scientists stitched together 14…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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Watch NASA reveal the first video footage of its Perseverance rover landing on Mars
The footage could reveal the rover's entire descent and landing: a parachute deploy, jetpack maneuv…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch the first-ever video of a Mars landing from NASA's Perseverance rover
Cameras captured Perseverance's descent and landing, including the moments a 70-foot parachute depl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Perseverance rover is about to attempt a supersonic plunge to Mars, complete with a jetpack landing
NASA's rover must plow through Mars' atmosphere at supersonic speeds, deploy a parachute to slow it…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mars Rover Curiosity Completes An Incredible Journey, Reaches Mount Sharp
According to scientists, the analysis of these layers could expose the presence of life-affable e…
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How NASA uses virtual reality to drive the Curiosity Rover on Mars
The technology is a solution to NASA's problem of distance. Mars is more than 100 miles …
Paul Szoldra,Paul Szoldra,Pau…
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NASA released this 5-year time-lapse of Mars from its Curiosity rover - and the footage looks amazing
On August 6, 2012, NASA landed its Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. In the last 5 years, Cur…
Gene Kim
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There's something unsettling about these photos from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover
These photos from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover showcase the incredible surface of the red planet, an…
Emma Fierberg,Jessica Orwig
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NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 6 years now - here's what the red planet's surface looks like up close
At times, photos of the surface of Mars depict the prototypical idea of the red planet: rocky, dry,…