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ISRO announces plans to make India the third country to reach Mars, draws inspiration from NASA’s probes
ISRO is all set for the historic Mangalyaan-2 mission where the space agency will land a rover and …
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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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A device on NASA's Perseverance rover generated enough oxygen on Mars for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours. Astronauts could be next.
Scientists hope to use the pilot technology to build out a more robust system that would produce en…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Jenny McGrath
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NASA's Mars helicopter broke during a mysterious communication blackout. Now it will never fly again.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has flown its last flight on Mars after defying all expectations. What …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Chinese scientists created a robot that can make oxygen on Mars. It could allow humans to someday live on the red planet.
The robot was able to come up with the experiment and carry it out "without human intervention." It…
Marianne Guenot
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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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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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Mars's sad, potato-shaped moon eclipsing the sun shown in NASA video. Be glad you're on Earth for this weekend's solar eclipse.
A solar eclipse, when the moon blocks the sun, looks spectacular from Earth. From Mars, it's a litt…
Jenny McGrath
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Perseverance spotted a mysterious object on Mars last month. It turned out to be the rover's own space litter.
NASA suspects spaghetti-like debris captured by Perseverance's cameras in July is shredded Dacron n…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA's Perseverance rover is reliably producing oxygen. A scaled-up version could help astronauts breathe on Mars one day.
A toaster-sized instrument tucked inside NASA's Perseverance rover is consistently producing oxygen…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA imagery reveals China's Mars rover hasn't moved in months as Chinese scientists scramble to save the mission
The rover — part of China's first interplanetary mission — went into hibernation in May 2022 and wa…
Chris Panella,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA engineers expected their Mars helicopter to crash after 5 liftoffs. It just landed its 15th flight.
Engineers weren't sure if NASA's Ingenuity helicopter would even lift off on Mars. But the drone ha…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Perseverance rover beamed back striking images of Mars after 2 weeks cut off from Earth
NASA's Perseverance rover was out of touch for two weeks during the "solar conjunction," during whi…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA’s Perseverance rover sets new record before hitting a one-year milestone on Mars
The second record Perseverance broke is surpassing its longest AutoNav drive. This is one func…
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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 has collected its first Mars sample. But it needs $4 billion, 10 years, and new technology to bring the rock to Earth.
The Perseverance rover kicked off its search for signs of ancient microbial Mars life. But to compl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will fire a laser from its 7-foot robotic arm to cut its first sample of Martian rock
NASA's Mars rover will cut a sample of Martian rock and send it back to Earth. The mission will hel…
Kate Duffy
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NASA's Perseverance rover has finally drilled a sample of Mars rock, kicking off its search for alien microbes
NASA aims to collect dozens of samples from Mars' Jezero Crater in its search for evidence of ancie…