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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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Images from NASA's Perseverance rover reveal that mysterious floods dragged boulders across Mars
The first study of Perseverance's early photos reveals signs of primordial floods and minerals that…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA thinks it solved the mystery of the Perseverance rover's missing rock sample, but now it has to drive away and try again
Perseverance drilled into Mars rock for the first time - only to find that the sample it cored had …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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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-Johnsen
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NASA's Mars helicopter will attempt a perilous landing in unknown territory during its first 'bonus' flight this week
Ingenuity has embarked on a fresh mission to scout Martian terrain. Its next flight will take it to…
Aria Bendix
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The Ingenuity Mars helicopter's blades are spinning ahead of its first flight - making the NASA team 'nervous and excited'
"I'm feeling a lot of emotions": NASA's Ingenuity engineers are getting antsy for their helicopter'…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bot': NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is snapping remarkable new selfies
NASA's Perseverance rover is using its robotic arm to take selfies on Mars. It captured its body in…
Aria Bendix
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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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Stunning photos from NASA's new Mars rover reveal 200-foot cliffs, mysterious rocks, and a perfect touchdown
A suite of ruggedized, off-the-shelf sports cameras captured unprecedented footage of the rover des…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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For the first time, we have an audio recording from the surface of Mars - take a listen
Microphones on NASA's Perseverance rover have recorded audio from Mars' Jezero Crater. You can hear…
Aylin Woodward
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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 already beamed back its first photos from the surface of Mars
Before the dust of the landing had even cleared, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped two photos …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Mars rover landed in the perfect place to hunt for alien fossils: an ancient lake bed called Jezero Crater
Perseverance will scour mud and clay in Jezero's river delta and shorelines for signs of microbe co…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA caught a 1.2 mile-high Martian dust devil on camera and scientists say it's way bigger than whirlwinds on Earth
The Martian dust devil was more than 3.5 times the height of One World Trade Center in New York Cit…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Photos from NASA's Mars rover show the red planet's ancient rivers were much wilder than scientists first thought
NASA's Perseverance rover found evidence of a deep, high-energy river that could help scientists fi…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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NASA's Perseverance rover discovers organic chemicals on Mars
They found carbon-containing molecules not only in the interiors of abraded rocks that SHERLOC…
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NASA will dig for signs of alien life in Mars' Jezero Crater - the landing site for its 2020 rover
"The landing site in Jezero Crater offers geologically rich terrain, with landforms reaching as far…
Dave Mosher
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NASA's Perseverance rover captured images of its own litter, and it shows how Mars is becoming a junkyard
The Perseverance team took pictures of a thermal blanket used during its landing. Space junk is a g…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The Perseverance rover has a pet rock. NASA says it's breaking hitchhiking records.
Since landing in Jezero Crater, Perseverance has looked for signs of ancient life. And it's not doi…