NASA engineers witnessed their newest Mars rover take its first steps in preparation for its next mission that will search for fossilized remains of ancient life on the red planet. The test took place inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Engineers clad in white bunny suits—special […]
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Aurorae are a dazzling light spectacle often visible at high-altitude locations here on Earth. They’re colorful and mesmerizing, but most of all, they’re mysterious. A new study has found that this same phenomenon also happens on Mars. In research presented last week at the American Geophysical Union’s annual Fall meeting, scientists revealed that the most […]
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Mars’s Arcadia Planitia may be hiding buried treasure. A new global map indicates that the region could be harboring a supply of water, mere inches below its surface. Armed with fresh data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, researchers identified a promising landing spot for future astronauts. The region is located […]
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NASA is gearing up to launch its next Mars rover. Dubbed 2020, the roving scientist is set to blast off to the Red Planet next year, aiming to find signs of life and bag samples for eventual return to Earth. The rover, scheduled to launch next summer, will touch down in February 2021. It’s landing […]
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2020 may be the year humanity takes its biggest step toward finding evidence of life beyond Earth. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are each working on its own rover that will roam Mars’s surface in search of life. The ExoMars mission is Europe’s first Mars rover. Named after British DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin, […]
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