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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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NASA will pay most of the $9 billion cost of bringing Martian dirt back to Earth
NASA's $2.7 billion Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February, and will bring back Martian soil…
Kevin Reilly
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Life detected on Mars might have actually originated in NASA labs, according to an Ivy League scientist
Microbes that may accidentally have been brought to the Red Planet could potentially wreak havoc, a…
Zahra Tayeb
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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Why United States NASA, China, and UAE are all going to Mars at the same time
In the past 13 years, only seven rockets sent missions to the red planet. So, why are so many attem…
Bob Hunt,Dave Mosher
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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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The success of NASA’s Mars helicopter exploring Martian skies depends on the final five inches
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is doing what no space agency has done bef…
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NASA Perseverance's rock sample to give insight into Mars' history
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has now collected two rock samples, giving scientists insight into M…
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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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China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time, delivering a water-hunting rover to the red planet
The Zhurong rover is almost ready to start scanning Mars' volcanic-rock fields for hidden water ice…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China plans to attempt an ambitious Mars landing as early as Friday, dropping both a lander and a rover to the red planet
China's Tianwen-1 mission could be the first to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover all at once. B…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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3 spacecraft are set to reach Mars this month, from NASA, China, and the UAE. Here's what they aim to learn.
NASA is bringing a helicopter, and China aims to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover from just one…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's latest pictures from Mars are fascinating — showing where the Curiosity rover is headed next
NASA’s Mars rover is on a road trip to cross 1.6 kilometres to avoid getting stuck in the sand befo…
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After the Moon, Mars is getting laser-reflecting mirror to help future landings on the Red Planet
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s brand-new Mars Perseverance Rover is currently …
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The United Arab Emirates has released its first Mars photo, taken by the Hope Probe. It comes as NASA's rover approaches its descent on the red planet.
The UAE Space Agency on Sunday published its first photograph of Mars during a mission that became …
Kevin Shalvey
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China's ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars mission - involving an orbiter, lander, and rover - just reached the red planet
China is the sixth nation ever to reach Mars. It could soon become the third to successfully land a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China's new Mars probe took its first photo of the red planet as the mission prepares to make history
Tianwen-1 is the first Mars mission with an orbiter, lander, and rover in one expedition. It's desi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The United Arab Emirates launched a mission to Mars on Sunday. NASA and China are about to follow with their own rovers, an orbiter, and a helicopter.
NASA is planning to send its fifth rover to the red planet. China and the UAE have never been to Ma…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA set to deploy its mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars
In a first, the Perseverance rover on Mars is set to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity that …
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NASA’s Mars-bound spaceship is in 'safe mode' but the agency isn't too worried
The US space agency explains that ‘safe mode’ is when everything else except for the essential s…