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Searching for Ancient Rocks in the ‘Forlandet’ Flats

Searching for Ancient Rocks in the ‘Forlandet’ Flats The NASA Perseverance rover has entered the “Forlandet” quadrangle, a flat terrain area outside Jezero Crater on Mars, where it will search for ancient rocks that could be among the oldest ever observed. The science team hopes to find rocks with olivine and carbonate formations, which could […]

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A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance!

A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance! The Perseverance rover on Mars recently took a selfie to celebrate its 1,500th Martian day, but it was photobombed by a dust devil! The dust devil, about 100 meters across, was captured by the WATSON camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm for the first time. The rover had […]

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A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade out from the world it envisions, a planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration

A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade out from the world it envisions, a planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration Despite predictions made by Andy Weir’s bestselling novel “The Martian,” real-life Mars exploration has taken a different path than expected. While NASA plans to return humans to the Moon […]

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim NASA’s Perseverance rover has been collecting and caching Martian rock samples from the Jezero crater, which will be returned to Earth for further analysis as part of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program. The rover has discovered a serpentine-rich rock sample called “Tablelands” that contains […]

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