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California Legislators Slam ‘Rash’ NASA Cuts to Marquee Mars Mission
Six California lawmakers wrote to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson last week to oppose the agency’s recent cuts to the Mars Sample Return mission, which aims to bring samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars to Earth. The letter was written by congresspeople Judy Chu, Laphonza Butler, Mike Garcia, and Young Kim, as well as…
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Just Won’t Quit, Resuming Flights After an Untimely Landing
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has had a rough few months, first losing communication with its home planet and later suffering a glitch that interrupted its flight. But you can’t keep a good chopper down. Ingenuity soared above the Martian terrain once again as its team on Earth tries to figure out what went wrong with its…
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You Up? Mars Helicopter Finally Makes Contact After Two Months of Silence
A hilly terrain on Mars stood between Ingenuity and Perseverance, interrupting their communication for over 60 days.
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NASA Has a Plan to Dislodge the Pebbles Stuck in Perseverance Rover
NASA engineers have executed a plan to clear the Perseverance rover of some debris that has prevented it from properly caching rock samples. The team expects to find out how the clean-up mission went later today.