As the rover has continued to ascend Mount Sharp, it’s found distinctive benchlike rock formations. …
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Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sample Tubes
Marvels of engineering, the rover’s sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet…
New Technology Can Get Oxygen, Fuel From Mars’ Salty Water
When it comes to water and Mars, there’s good news and not-so-good news. The good news:…
Laboratory Experiments Unravelling The Mystery Of Phobos
There is no weather in our sense of the word in space – nevertheless, soil can…
MOXIE Could Help Future Rockets Launch Off Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover carries a device to convert Martian air into oxygen that, if produced on…
Field Geology At Mars’ Equator Points To An Ancient Megaflood
Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years…
Heat And Dust Help Launch Martian Water Into Space
Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft have discovered…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover 100 Days Out
A mere 100 days and 166 million miles (268 million kilometers) separate NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance…
Perseverance Rover Is Midway to Mars
Sometimes half measures can be a good thing – especially on a journey this long. The…
Perseverance Rover Bringing 3D-Printed Metal Parts To Mars
For hobbyists and makers, 3D printing expands creative possibilities; for specialized engineers, it’s also key to…