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A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars’ water history
In Jessica Barnes' palm is an ancient, coin-sized mosaic of glass, minerals and rocks as thick as a strand of wool fiber.
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NASA Shows Perseverance with Helicopter, Cruise Stage Testing
The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA's newly named rover - Perseverance - received a significant boost following the completion of important testing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Over 10 million names now aboard Perseverance rover bound for Mars
NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign invited people around the world to submit their names to ride aboard the agency's next rover to the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover takes a new selfie before record climb
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently set a record for the steepest terrain it's ever climbed, cresting the "Greenheugh Pediment," a broad sheet of rock that sits atop a hill.
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NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Gets Its Sample Handling System
With the launch period for NASA's Mars Perseverance rover opening in a little less than four months, the six-wheeler is reaching significant pre-launch milestones almost daily at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Waves in thin Martian air with wide effects
Mars has a very thin atmosphere, with nearly one hundredth the density of ours on Earth, and gravity pulls with little more than one third of the strength we feel on our planet.
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Europe-Russia delay mission to find life on Mars
A joint Russian-European expedition to find life on Mars has been postponed for two years, the Russian and European space agencies said Thursday, citing the novel coronavirus and multiple technical issues.
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ExoMars to take off for the Red Planet in 2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet…
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Moreux Crater on Mars offers evidence of dunes and glacial processes
The images shown here, which were acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter, reveal the impressive Moreux Crater on Mars.
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Organic molecules discovered by Curiosity Rover consistent with early life on Mars
Organic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in white truffles, the mushroom beloved by epicureans and wild pigs.
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Virginia Middle School names NASA’s next Mars rover Perseverance
The name was announced Thursday by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate, during a celebration at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia.
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Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps Highest-Resolution Panorama Yet
NASA's Curiosity rover has captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian surface.
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Ancient meteorite site on Earth could reveal new clues about Mars’ past
Scientists have devised new analytical tools to break down the enigmatic history of Mars' atmosphere - and whether life was once possible there.
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Seismic activity on Mars resembles that found in the Swabian Jura
Mars is a seismically active planet - quakes occur several times a day. Although they are not particularly strong, they are easily measurable during the quiet evening hours.
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The seismicity of Mars
On 26 November 2018, the NASA InSight lander successfully set down on Mars in the Elysium Planitia region.
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Magnetic field at Martian surface ten times stronger than expected
New data gleaned from the magnetic sensor aboard NASA's InSight spacecraft is offering an unprecedented close-up of magnetic fields on Mars.