perseverance
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets New Speed Records on Mars
An impressive trek through a dense boulder field is the latest in a growing list of accomplishments for the six-wheeled rover.
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MOXIE, NASA’s Oxygen-Producing Experiment on Mars, Ends Operations
On April 20, 2021, the spiritedly-named MOXIE experiment on Mars extracted 5 grams of oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, demonstrating a potential future capability of an established human presence on the Red Planet—and in other atmospheres besides Earth’s, for that matter. “By proving this technology in real-world conditions, we’ve come one step closer to a…
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NASA Rover’s Newest Rock Sample Is a Gift From an Ancient Martian River
The six-wheeled Perseverance explorer just packed its 20th sample from the Red Planet, which will hopefully be returned to Earth via a future mission.
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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.