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Perseverance rover has found a rock with potential signs of ancient life on Mars! Scientists can’t wait to bring it back
The rock exhibits chemical signatures and structures that might have formed billions of years ago, …
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NASA is asking for help to retrieve Mars samples that could be the first evidence of alien life
NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting Mars rock and soil that could contain hints of ancient alie…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Curiosity rover captures first 'Sun Rays' on Mars
While sunsets on Mars are uniquely moody, NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a stunning image of a…
ANI
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The 10 flights of NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter in one chart
Ingenuity has traveled more than a mile in total. Its recent flights have taken the little drone ov…
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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NASA's Mars helicopter nailed its 10th flight - double what engineers had hoped Ingenuity would do
Flight 10 is a significant milestone: Ingenuity has now flown twice as many times as NASA engineers…
Aria Bendix
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A NASA helicopter took photos of wreckage from a rover that landed on Mars. It's yet another example of how humans are polluting other worlds.
The 4-pound chopper, the first aircraft to take flight on another world, snapped pictures of the Pe…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA expects Mars lander to run out of power, ending InSight's historic mission
InSight detected more than 1,300 quakes on Mars, revealing the planet's inner layers for the first …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Wavering NASA lander detects biggest Mars quake yet, even as dust drains its energy
NASA's InSight lander is fighting a layer of Mars dust that's covering its solar panels and causing…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he plans to have a million people on Mars by 2050. Scientists say tha…
Maiya Focht
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3D glasses, double headsets, and rock drilling: NASA engineers told us what it's like to drive a Mars rover from home during the pandemic
Pilots of the Mars rover are having to wear red-blue 3D glasses to drive Curiosity while working fr…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Indian-origin robotics engineer to head NASA's new Moon to Mars office
Indian-origin software and robotics engineer, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NA…
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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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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's Perseverance rover is making a 3-mile road trip across Mars to search for signs of life, dodging sand dunes as it goes
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover will explore the Jezero Crater, collecting rock samples and searchin…
Kate Duffy
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Watch NASA mission control live as the Perseverance rover attempts to land on Mars on Thursday
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will attempt to record video and audio as it plunges through the pla…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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6 analog astronauts are camping out in the Israeli desert for a month to simulate life on Mars
The experiment in Israel is meant to help scientists learn how to avoid mistakes that could endange…
Aria Bendix
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NASA has captured an aerial shot of the Curiosity rover scaling Mont Mercou on Mars
A shot of Curiosity was captured on a terrene known as Mont Mercou, which sits on the northern frin…
Zahra Tayeb
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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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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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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…