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Mars

Science & Tech 3 years ago

Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract to bring Mars samples back to Earth

The "small, lightweight rocket" will be the first to take off from another planet, bringing back "rock, sediment and atmospheric samples from the surface of the Red Planet," NASA said in a statement.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

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Life on Mars: simulating Red Planet base in Israeli desert

The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 500-metre (1,600-foot) deep, 40 kilometre (25 mile) wide crater.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

Ancient river delta bolsters search for signs of life on Mars

In February, NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, where scientists suspected a long-gone river once fed a lake, depositing sediment in a fan-shaped delta visible from space.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

Mars rocks collected by Perseverance boost case for ancient life

"It looks like our first rocks reveal a potentially habitable sustained environment," said Ken Farley, project scientist for the mission, in a statement Friday. "It's a big deal that the water was there for a long time."

Science & Tech 4 years ago

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

After six months on Mars, NASA's tiny copter is still flying high

Given its stunning and unexpected success, the US space agency has extended Ingenuity's mission indefinitely.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

NASA Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample, probably

Its first effort last month (August 5) failed after the rock was too crumbly to withstand the robot's drill, but data received late on September 1 indicates the process worked this time around.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

NASA Mars rover fails to collect rock in search of alien life

The US space agency published images Friday of a small mound with a hole in its center next to the rover -- the first ever dug into the Red Planet by a robot.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

NASA rover preparing to take first Mars rock samples

The milestone is expected to take place within two weeks in a scientifically interesting region of the Jezero Crater called the "Cratered Floor Fractured Rough."

Science & Tech 4 years ago

Rover leaves 'China's imprint' on Mars

Zhurong's touchdown in May was the first ever successful probe landing by any country on its first Mars mission -- a milestone in China's ascent to space superpower status.

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Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract to bring Mars samples back to Earth

PREMIUM Life on Mars: simulating Red Planet base in Israeli desert

Ancient river delta bolsters search for signs of life on Mars

Mars rocks collected by Perseverance boost case for ancient life

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

After six months on Mars, NASA's tiny copter is still flying high

NASA Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample, probably

NASA Mars rover fails to collect rock in search of alien life

NASA rover preparing to take first Mars rock samples

Rover leaves 'China's imprint' on Mars

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Life on Mars: simulating Red Planet base in Israeli desert