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 NASA seeks candidates for yearlong simulated Mars mission Washington DC (UPI) Feb 16, 2024  NASA said Friday it is seeking applicants for a simulated yearlong Mars mission. ... more | |
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Partial Cover Malfunction on Perseverance's SHERLOC Instrument Impacts Mars Research Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2024  NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has encountered a hiccup in its quest to uncover the secrets of the Red Planet. The rover's team is currently assessing an issue with the SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable E ... more | |
 Mars' volcanic activity suggests Early crust recycling Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 20, 2024  In a groundbreaking study led by Professor Joseph Michalski of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), new light has been shed on the volcanic landscape of Mars, revealing a complexity and diversity prev ... more | |
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Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars builds excitement for Perseverance rover's samples Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2024  If life ever existed on Mars, the Perseverance rover's verification of lake sediments at the base of the Jezero crater reinforces the hope that traces might be found in the crater. In new rese ... more | |
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New Year, New images from Perseverance on Mars Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 26, 2024  Since parking at Airey Hill during Solar Conjunction back in November, Perseverance has been busy exploring. We drove north from Airey Hill to Flat Point, where we had the best views to conduct imag ... more | |
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Polka Dots and Sunbeams: Sol 4078 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 26, 2024  Earth planning date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024: We arrived at a workspace with bedrock delightfully dotted with resistant features whose granular appearance and gray color were intriguing enough t ... more | |
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NASA helicopter's mission ends after three years on Mars Washington DC (AFP) Jan 26, 2024  NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has officially ended its nearly three-year mission after sustaining rotor damage during i ... more | |
 ESA Astronaut Commands Robots in Space-to-Earth Avatar Experiment Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2024  In the high-tech Mars laboratory of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, a silence of concentration prevails as a remarkable experiment unfolds, bridging the vast expanse between t ... more | |
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Fun Math and a New Butte: Sols 4096-4097 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2024  One side effect of enjoying a very long mission is reaching fun number milestones. Usually that is "Sol 3000" or some other nice round number, but today we are planning the mathematically fun sol 2^ ... more | |
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NASA engineers trying to fix stuck dust cover on Perseverance Mars rover camera Washington DC (UPI) Feb 13, 2024 NASA engineers are working to close one of two dust covers, stuck open on a camera aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, to help scientists resume collecting crucial data on the Red Planet, the space agency announced Tuesday. ... more | |
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A Feast of Images: Sols 4093-4094 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2024  Earth planning date: Friday, February 9, 2024: We are found Curiosity at full energy and ready to go this morning. And go we did! We are at a very interesting location with lots of textures in the r ... more | |
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Ripple Me This: Sols 4089-4090 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2024  Earth planning date: Monday, February 05, 2024: Curiosity had a successful imaging-based weekend and us geologists were excited to look at the new mosaics of Gediz Vallis Ridge and surrounding butte ... more | |
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NASA is looking for commercial Mars missions. Do people still want to go to Mars? Perth (SPX) Feb 07, 2024 Mars has been a source of myth, lore and inspiration since antiquity. It is also an interesting place to research - a legitimate candidate for us to find some form of alien life. Since the 196 ... more | |
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Sols 4086-4088: Groundhog Day in Gale Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 06, 2024  Earth planning date: Friday, February 2, 2024: Happy Groundhog Day, Earthlings! Punxsutawney Phil must've seen his shadow all the way to Mars, because right now it's spring in Gale crater. Luckily, ... more | |
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Lake deposits in Idaho give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars Smithfield RI (SPX) Feb 06, 2024  Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and par ... more | |
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Bright Rocks on the Horizon: An Exciting Glimpse of Uncharted Territory Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 02, 2024  Perseverance is deep within the ongoing Margin Unit campaign, where orbital signatures of carbonate minerals appear strongest. After collection of a drilled rock core from the Margin Unit, followed ... more | |
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A Drive With a View: Sols 4084-4085 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 02, 2024  Earth planning date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024: Curiosity continues her investigation of the light and dark banded sulfate terrain and started this two-sol planning day with several beautiful rock ... more | |
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As Ingenuity's mission ends a news era in flight on other planets and moons begins Oxford UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2024  It is difficult to emphasise the significance of the milestone surpassed by Nasa's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity. The little (1.8kg) helicopter touched down with the Perseverance rover in 2021. O ... more | |
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A New Perspective Sols 4082-4083 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2024  Earth planning date: January 29, 2023: Curiosity is continuing to climb - our weekend drive delivered us to a new location with lots new to see for today's two sol plan. This includes views of the u ... more | |
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After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 29, 2024  NASA's history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains uprigh ... more | |
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Study predicts best times for 'Curiosity' to sample Mars' methane Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 25, 2024  Since methane was first detected in Mars' atmosphere 20 years ago, scientists have struggled to uncover its origins and how it is transported around the Red Planet. Measurements from atmospheric sam ... more | |
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Sols 4076-4077: Driving Into Springtime Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2024  Earth planning date: Monday, January 22, 2024: Here in Toronto (along with much of Canada and the United States), we've spent the last few weeks bathed in an icy blast of arctic air, which has been ... more | |
 NASA unveils progress in Moon to Mars Strategy Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2024  NASA has released the outcomes of its 2023 Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review. This significant step reflects the agency's ongoing commitment to advancing humanity's exploration of the solar s ... more | |
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A Fractured Filled Plan: Sols 4073-4075 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2024  Earth planning date: Friday, January 19, 2024: This 3 sol weekend plan, like many of our recent plans (for example: here and here), focuses heavily on the fractures and cracks in this area. We are i ... more | |
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Ingenious Flying Robot Phones Home From Mars Washington (AFP) Jan 21, 2024 NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its end. ... more | |
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