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Curiosity rover drill

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Curiosity Rover Stays Busy as Dust Storm Rages on Mars, Snaps Selfie

A Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator means NASA’s Curiosity rover always stays busy, dust or shine. Not even an intense dust storm can keep the ...

By Alex ChaversJune 19, 20180

Mars dust storm

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NASA’s Hardy Opportunity Rover Has Made It Through a Martian Dust Storm Before

NASA’s Opportunity Rover wasn’t even designed to make it through a dust storm. Why would it have been? The team designed the rover ...

By Alex ChaversJune 15, 20180

Earth as seen by CubeSat

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A Tiny Satellite Headed to Mars Looks Back at Earth

A few days after launching from the California coast, a satellite about the size of a briefcase looked back towards Earth and our ...

By Alex ChaversMay 17, 20180

Curiosity rover on mars

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover is On Its Way Back to Drilling on Mars

In December 2016, a critical part of Curiosity’s drill stopped working. Two stabilizers flanking the drill bit steady the drill against its target ...

By Alex ChaversMarch 1, 20180

Mars and Phobos

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Mars’ Moon Phobos is Moving in a Hurry in Fresh Hubble Images

The tiny moon Phobos wasn’t the target for the Hubble Space Telescope. Mars was. Last May, the famous space telescope was tasked with ...

By Alex ChaversJuly 21, 20170

Mars surface toxic

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Mars’ Soil is Another Strike Against Life as We Know It

Mars is a barren, cold wasteland. But, it’s also the closest planet to home. And the easiest place to hunt for answers to ...

By Alex ChaversJuly 7, 20170

Curiosity rover from space

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A Spectacular Look at the Curiosity Rover From Space

You see that tiny blue dot sticking out amidst sand and rock bathed in shades of red and brown? That’s NASA’s Curiosity rover ...

By Alex ChaversJune 21, 20170

dark sands of mars

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Wind-Swept Sands on Mars Give a Splash of Darkness Across the Red Landscape

Mars isn’t just red. Some parts are much darker. NASA highlights one of these areas in an image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance ...

By Alex ChaversApril 28, 20170

PUFFER rover

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What if NASA’s Opportunity Rover Had An Army of Rovers – Meet PUFFER

A controller operating the Opportunity rover sees an intriguing rock formation. But the rover isn’t slated to stop yet. What if the controller ...

By Alex ChaversMarch 15, 20170

Mars dust storm

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Mars Dust Storms Still Surprise

From small dust devils to regional dust storms to massive global storms covering the entire world. Mars sees it all. And scientists have ...

By Alex ChaversMarch 14, 20170

potatoes on Mars

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Could Mark Watney Really Grow Potatoes on Mars?

He science’d the shit out of it in The Martian, and it turns out, real science is starting to back him up. The ...

By Alex ChaversMarch 9, 20170

Mars 2020 rover concept

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Roaming Mars – Where the Mars 2020 Rover Might Work

Where should NASA land the Mars 2020 rover? That was a question scientists tackled during a third landing site workshop for the mission ...

By Alex ChaversFebruary 13, 20170

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