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Why we won’t get to Mars without teamwork
If humanity hopes to make it to Mars anytime soon, we need to understand not just technology, but the psychological dynamic of a small group of astronauts…
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NASA’s InSight Steers Toward Mars
NASA's InSight lander has made its first course correction toward Mars.
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Curiosity Mars rover back on drill duty
Engineers working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been hard at work testing a new way for the rover to drill rocks and extract powder from them.
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Mars Society launches Kickstarter to create MarsVR Crew Training Program
The Mars Society, the world's largest space advocacy group dedicated to the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars, has launched a…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Aims to Get Its Rhythm Back
NASA's Curiosity rover could soon be drilling rocks on Mars again. Engineers have been working for the past year to restore the rover's full drilling capabilities, which were hampered in 2016 due to a mechanical problem.
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NASA engineers teach Mars rover Curiosity to drill again
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are preparing to add percussion to an improvised drill technique already being used by the Curiosity rover on Mars.
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Dorset as model to help find traces of life on Mars
Imperial College London scientists have found traces of fatty acids - key building blocks of biological cells - in Dorset's acidic streams.
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Hardware on NASA’s Mars InSight Mission
Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) hardware is once again on its way to Mars, this time aboard NASA's InSight Mars lander.
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Opportunity team continues studies on origin of ‘Perseverance Valley’
Opportunity is only halfway down in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour crater, pursuing several scientific hypotheses as to the origin of the valley including both water and wind erosion.
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NASA plans to send mini-helicopter to Mars
The US space agency said Friday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper that could boost our understanding of the Red Planet.
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Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover Mission
NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission…
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Mars growth stunted by early giant planetary instability
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among the outer solar system's giant planets in a new study on the evolution of the young solar system.
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NASA blasts off Mars lander, InSight
NASA on Saturday blasted off its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for "Marsquakes" ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet.
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One scientist’s 30-year quest to get under Mars’ skin
Philippe Lognonne has waited three decades to hear the heartbeat of Mars.
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NASA blasts off Mars-bound spaceship, InSight, to study quakes
NASA on Saturday launched its latest Mars lander, called InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for "Marsquakes" ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet.
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Surviving the Inferno of Entry, Descent and Landing
Anticipation is building as preparations are well underway for the launch of NASA's next Mars mission, InSight.