News Archive / Tagged: Mars
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Launch of Shijian 20 lights up Chinese skies and exploration ambitions
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 28th, 2019China has big plans for its space program. But before it can achieve them, it needed to make sure a key launch vehicle was up to the task. A recent mission suggests that it is.
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This Bud’s for you! SpaceX sends ‘King of Beers’ to orbit on CRS-19
Jim SiegelDecember 5th, 2019Propellant? Check. Science experiments? Check. Hardware? Check. Budweiser? Checkity-check!
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Motel Rooms and Gas Stations: How to Leave Mars
Jay GallentineOctober 24th, 2019One day in the future, humans might actually land on the surface of Mars. After collecting rock samples, taking photos and performing all the other tasks demanded by this mission, the intrepid explorers will then face a daunting challenge, one often overlooked by most - leaving.
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Curiosity rover marks seven years of Martian exploration
Laurel KornfeldAugust 9th, 2019Seven years after successfully completing a difficult landing maneuver onto the floor of Mars' Gale Crater, NASA's Curiosity rover continues to make pioneering discoveries on the Red Planet.
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Mars 2020 rover makes ‘pit stop’ at JPL
Jim SharkeyJuly 19th, 2019The launch window for NASA's Mars 2020 rover opens in just under a year, and engineers at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have been hard at work assembling the vehicle in the clean room of JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility. As one might imagine getting a vehicle prepped for such a massive undertaking - is a group effort.
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Mars 2020 rover get rock-zapping SuperCam
Jim SharkeyJuly 4th, 2019With its scheduled launch date just over a year away, work on NASA's Mars 2020 rover continues apace. In recent weeks, the rover has received MastCam-Z, its legs and wheels and its main robotic arm. and now one of the "big guns" of its scientific suite has been added to the rover.
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Is Mars undergoing Global Warming? Data from Curiosity suggests it might be
Laurel KornfeldJune 28th, 2019Using its Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) tunable laser spectrometer, NASA's Curiosity rover has detected the highest concentration of methane ever found in the Martian atmosphere, in the Teal Ridge region of Gale Crater.
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Want to send you name to Mars? Now’s your chance
Jason RhianMay 22nd, 2019NASA is inviting individuals to submit their names to be etched onto a chip that will fly aboard its next Mars rover, slated to launch in 2020.
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Curiosity rover team maps route up Mount Sharp
Jim SharkeyMay 18th, 2019Since landing on the Red Planet in August 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover has been collecting data about the geology and chemistry of the Martian surface.
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InSight dust cleanings could provide new science
Jim SharkeyMay 16th, 2019Martian weather events like global dust storms can end missions operating on the Red Planet, but they can also be beneficial.
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NASA’s InSight lander views Martian sunrise, sunset
Jim SharkeyMay 6th, 2019The InSight Mars lander recently trained one of its cameras on the Martian horizon, capturing a series of sunrise and sunset images.
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Marsquake detected by InSight lander’s seismometer
Laurel KornfeldApril 24th, 2019A small tremor in the Martian interior was detected by a highly-sensitive seismometer placed on the Red Planet by NASA's InSight lander.
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Curiosity update: Methane spike confirmed and Martian eclipses observed
Jim SharkeyApril 7th, 2019A methane spike detected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in 2013 has been confirmed by researchers reanalyzing data captured by the Mars Express orbiter.
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter completes flight testing
Jim SharkeyMarch 31st, 2019While multiple space agencies have landed spacecraft on other celestial bodies, none have flown in the skies above those worlds—but that may soon change.
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Opportunity rover captured beautiful panoramic images before being felled by dust storm
Laurel KornfeldMarch 14th, 2019Before a planet-wide dust storm silenced it forever, NASA's Opportunity Mars rover captured panoramic images from its location in Endeavour Crater.
