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The little tires that could go to Mars
It's rocky. It's sandy. It's flat. It's cratered. It's cold.
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to Chilly Ancient Mars Buried in Rocks
By studying the chemical elements on Mars today - including carbon and oxygen - scientists can work backwards to piece together the history of a planet that once had the conditions necessary to support life.
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Scientists have long suspected that the 'fire-breathing' volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind.
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Mystery of lava-like flows on Mars solved by scientists
The mystery of some lava-like flows on Mars has been solved by scientists who say they are caused not by lava but by mud.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover goes through trials by fire, ice, light and sound
While auto manufacturers built over 92 million motor vehicles for this world in 2019, NASA built just one for Mars.
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ExoMars rover upgrades and parachute tests
The second ExoMars mission, scheduled for launch to the Red Planet in 2022, is taking advantage of the extra time to upgrade some of the rover's instruments and get ready for the next parachute high-altitude drop tests.
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The horst and graben landscape of Ascuris Planum
These images show a landscape deformed by strong tectonic activity in the area north of Labeatis Fossae in the Tempe Terra region of Mars.
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Sculpted by nature on Mars
Nature is a powerful sculptor - as shown in this image from ESA's Mars Express, which portrays a heavily scarred, fractured martian landscape.
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Planetary exploration rover avoids sand traps with ‘rear rotator pedaling’
The rolling hills of Mars or the moon are a long way from the nearest tow truck.
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Researchers simulate the core of Mars to investigate its composition and origin
Earth-based experiments on iron-sulfur alloys thought to comprise the core of Mars reveal details about the planet's seismic properties for the first time.
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Salty Liquids on Mars – Present, but not habitable?
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Study suggests terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate Mars
A Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by life as we know it on Earth.
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The strange structure of large impact craters on Mars observed by Opportunity
The rims of large impact craters on Mars are even more unusual than we thought. In recent research published in the prestigious scientific journal "…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Mission Getting in Shape for Launch
Engineers working on NASA's Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and…
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Perseverance Presses On, Remains Targeted for Summer Launch
Testing on NASA's Mars Perseverance rover at Kennedy Space Center closed out April on an extremely high note.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spacecraft Put in Launch Configuration
Engineers working on NASA's Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and…