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NASA's Mars Helicopter to Make First Flight Attempt Sunday
The small rotorcraft’s “Wright brothers moment” is two Mars days away.
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April 9, 2021
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Webinars--Taking Flight: How Girls Can Grow up to Be Engineers
Do you like solving problems, working with other people, and making a difference? Consider a career in engineering!
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April 8, 2021
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Say Cheese on Mars: Perseverance's Selfie With Ingenuity
NASA’s newest Mars rover used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to snap this shot of itself with the Ingenuity helicopter nearby.
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April 7, 2021
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NASA Invites Public to Take Flight With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
The helicopter is scheduled to lift off close to the end of the day on April 11.
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April 6, 2021
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NASA's First Weather Report From Jezero Crater on Mars
Perseverance’s MEDA will help us understand how to prepare astronauts for a future on the Red Planet.
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April 6, 2021
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Survives First Cold Martian Night on Its Own
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021, the 44th Martian day, or sol of the mission.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
April 5, 2021
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Sensors Collect Crucial Data on Mars Landings With Arrival of Perseverance
MEDLI2 was one of the crucial technologies onboard the rover’s protective aeroshell that helped document the entry, descent, and landing of the spacecraft.
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April 1, 2021
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NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight
Now uncocooned from its protective carbon-fiber shield, the helicopter is being readied for its next steps.
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March 23, 2021
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Another First: Perseverance Captures the Sounds of Driving on Mars
NASA’s newest rover recorded audio of itself crunching over the surface of the Red Planet, adding a whole new dimension to Mars exploration.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
March 17, 2021
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NASA to Host Briefing to Preview First Mars Helicopter Flights
Members of the projects will lay out the steps necessary before the helicopter attempts its historic test flights.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
March 17, 2021
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New Study Challenges Long-Held Theory of Fate of Mars' Water
The new science results indicate that a large quantity of the Red Planet’s water is trapped in its crust rather than having escaped into space.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
March 16, 2021
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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Honors Navajo Language
Working with the Navajo Nation, the rover team has named features on Mars with words from the Navajo language.
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March 11, 2021
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Perseverance Rover's SuperCam Science Instrument Delivers First Results
Data from the powerful science tool includes sounds of its laser zapping a rock in order to test what it’s made of.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
March 10, 2021
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NASA's Perseverance Drives on Mars' Terrain for First Time
The first trek of the agency’s largest, most advanced rover yet on the Red Planet marks a major milestone before science operations get under way.
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March 5, 2021
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Media Telecon Materials - March 5, 2021
Mission team members are participating in a virtual teleconference to discuss milestones achieved so far since the Feb. 18 landing and those to come.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
March 5, 2021
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NASA to Provide Update on Perseverance ‘Firsts' Since Mars Landing
Mission team members are participating in a virtual teleconference to discuss milestones achieved so far since the Feb. 18 landing and those to come.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
March 3, 2021
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Testing Proves Its Worth With Successful Mars Parachute Deployment
The giant canopy that helped land Perseverance on Mars was tested here on Earth at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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February 25, 2021
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Gives High-Definition Panoramic View of Landing Site
A 360-degree panorama taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument will be discussed during a public video chat this Thursday.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 24, 2021
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Nearly 11 Million Names of Earthlings are on Mars Perseverance
When the Perseverance rover safely touched down on the Martian surface, inside Jezero Crater, on Feb. 18, 2021, it was also a safe landing for the nearly 11 million names on board.
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February 23, 2021
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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Provides Front-Row Seat to Landing, First Audio Recording of Red Planet
The agency’s newest rover captured first-of-its kind footage of its Feb. 18 touchdown and has recorded audio of Martian wind.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 22, 2021
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NASA to Reveal New Video, Images From Mars Perseverance Rover
First-of-its kind footage from the agency’s newest rover will be presented during a briefing this morning.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 22, 2021
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Reports In
The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.
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February 20, 2021
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a hi-res image captured as the rover’s jetpack lowered it to the ground.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 19, 2021
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Touchdown! NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
The agency’s latest and most complex mission to the Red Planet has touched down at Jezero Crater. Now it’s time to begin testing the health of the rover.
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February 18, 2021
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Searching for Life in NASA's Perseverance Mars Samples
When the agency’s newest rover mission searches for fossilized microscopic life on the Red Planet, how will scientists know whether they’ve found it?
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February 17, 2021
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NASA's Next Mars Rover Is Ready for the Most Precise Landing Yet
What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 16, 2021
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The Mars Relay Network Connects Us to NASA's Martian Explorers
A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 16, 2021
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Sensors Prepare to Collect Data as Perseverance Enters Mars' Atmosphere
Technology will collect critical data about the harsh entry environment during Perseverance’s entry next Thursday.
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February 12, 2021
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NASA Invites Public to Share Thrill of Mars Perseverance Rover Landing
Mark your calendars for live landing commentary, news briefings, livestreamed Q&As, virtual watch parties, student activities, and more.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 12, 2021
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Tricky Terrain: Helping to Assure a Safe Rover Landing
How two new technologies will help Perseverance, NASA’s most sophisticated rover yet, touch down onto the surface of Mars this month.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
February 8, 2021
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NASA's Perseverance Pays Off Back Home
Even as the Perseverance rover approaches Mars, technology on board is paying off on Earth.
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February 2, 2021
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NASA's Perseverance Rover 22 Days From Mars Landing
Seven minutes of harrowing descent to the Red Planet is in the not-so-distant future for the agency’s Mars 2020 mission.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
January 27, 2021
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NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover Landing
NASA leadership and members of the mission will discuss the agency’s latest rover, which touches down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18.
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January 15, 2021
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to Capture Sounds From the Red Planet
Audio gathered by the mission may not sound quite the same on Mars as it would to our ears on Earth. A new interactive online experience lets you sample the difference.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
January 13, 2021
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Celebrate the Perseverance Rover Landing With NASA's Student Challenge
The rover touches down on the Red Planet next month, and students are invited to join the excitement by designing, building, and landing their own Mars mission. NASA can help.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
January 8, 2021
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7 Things to Know About the NASA Rover About to Land on Mars
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which has started its approach to the Red Planet, will help answer the next logical question in Mars exploration.
JPL/NASA-Caltech |
January 6, 2021