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Preparing for a human mission to Mars
Future human missions to Mars depend on field research in an environment similar to that of Mars.
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NASA’s Curiosity takes selfie with ‘Mary Anning’ on the Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has a new selfie. This latest is from a location named "Mary Anning," after a 19th-century English paleontologist whose discovery of marine-reptile fossils were ignored for generations because of her gender and class.
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Escape from Mars: how water fled the red planet
Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost.
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NASA rover has less than 100 days until reaching the red planet
Briony Horgan grew up in Portland, Oregon, where, enjoying the mountains and volcanoes that surrounded the region, she developed a love of geology.
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Independent Review Indicates NASA Prepared for Mars Sample Return Campaign
NASA released an independent review report Tuesday indicating the agency is now ready to undertake its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign to bring pristine samples from Mars to Earth for scientific study.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover 100 Days Out
On Nov. 9, the mission team confirmed that the propulsion subsystem of the descent stage, which will help lower the rover onto Mars, is in good working order.
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Review board says NASA, ESA ready to pursue Mars sample return mission
In a newly released report, an independent group of scientists and space policy experts offered NASA and the European Space Agency the green light to pursue a Mars Sample Return campaign.
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Clay subsoil at Earth’s driest place may signal life on Mars
Earth's most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry…
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Water on ancient Mars
There's a long-standing question in planetary science about the origin of water on Earth, Mars and other large bodies such as the moon.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Midway to Mars
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has logged a lot of flight miles since being lofted skyward on July 30 - 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) to be exact.
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Geologists simulate soil conditions to help grow plants on Mars
Humankind's next giant step may be onto Mars. But before those missions can begin, scientists need to make scores of breakthrough advances, including learning how to grow crops on the red planet.
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Sensors on Mars 2020 Spacecraft Answer Long-Distance Call From Earth
On Oct. 8, 2020, with COVID-19 safety protocols in place, team members of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission waited for a reply from the Mars Entry…
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Leonardo at work on robotic arms for the NASA and ESA Mars Sample Return mission
Mars robotic exploration is at the heart of the latest international space missions.
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Perseverance rover bringing 3D-printed metal parts to Mars
If you want to see science fiction at work, visit a modern machine shop, where 3D printers create materials in just about any shape you can imagine.
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NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ is out of sight
NASA's InSight lander continues working to get its "mole" - a 16-inch-long (40-centimeter-long) pile driver and heat probe - deep below the surface of Mars.
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Airbus to bring first Mars samples to Earth
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as prime contractor for the Mars Sample Return's Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) - the first ever spacecraft to bring samples back to Earth from Mars.