As it trundles around an ancient lakebed on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is assembling a one-of-a-kind rock collection. The car-sized explorer is methodically drilling into the Red Planet’s surface and […]
Mars Perseverance
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Evidence Of Hydrothermal Systems Discovered On Mars Using Perseverance
In the three years since NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars, the NASA science team has made the daily task of investigating the red planet seem almost mundane.
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Confirmation Of An Ancient Lake On Mars Builds Excitement For Perseverance Rover’s Samples
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 […]
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Atmospheric Pressure Changes Could Be Driving Mars’ Elusive Methane Pulses
New research shows that atmospheric pressure fluctuations that pull gases up from underground could be responsible for releasing subsurface methane into Mars’ atmosphere; knowing when and where to look for […]
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Studies Of The Martian Atmosphere Over Jezero From Pressure Measurements
The pressure sensors on Mars rover Perseverance measure the pressure field in the Jezero crater on regular hourly basis starting in sol 15 after landing.
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Mars Astrobiology Droid Perseverance Picture Of The Week 149
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as “Image of the Week” for Week 149 (Dec. 17 – 23, 2023) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.
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Possible Off World AwayTeam Applications: Lab-on-a-drone That Tracks Air Pollution On Earth
Editor’s note: NASA is currently flying the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars as part of the Mars Perseverance rover mission. As of this posting it has flown 67 times and continues […]
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Mars Missions Will Continue Astrobiology And Astrogeology Research During Solar Conjunction
Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.
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Meet The Mars Samples: Melyn (Sample 19)
Meet one of the Martian samples that has been collected and is awaiting return to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return campaign. As of early August 2023, NASA’s […]
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Perseverance Makes New Discoveries
Scientists got a surprise when NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover began examining rocks on the floor of Jezero Crater in spring of 2021: Because the crater held a lake billions of […]