The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will need to bring.
Buried ice will be a vital resource for the first people to set foot on Mars,…
Category: 2. Space
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The Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought
According to the giant-impact hypothesis (also known as the Theia Impact), the moon was formed when a giant object such as a protoplanet crashed into the Earth when the solar system was still young.
This celestial object is often referred to as…
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The Maya predicted annular solar eclipses
On October 14th, 2023, a celestial event will unfold as the Sun, Moon, and Earth, align to create an annular solar eclipse.
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, but is positioned near its farthest point…
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NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust-Filled Martian Whirlwind
The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater.
The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater by NASA’s Perseverance rover on…
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Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket
By Jessica Barnett
The MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) team recently completed wind tunnel testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in a facility that has been a critical part of NASA missions going all the way back to the Apollo program.
The…
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NASA Releases Independent Review’s Mars Sample Return Report
The agency established the board in May 2023 to evaluate the technical, cost, and schedule plans prior to confirmation of the mission’s design.
An Independent Review Board (IRB) looked at NASA’s current plans and goals of the first mission…
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Autonomous Systems Help NASA’s Perseverance Do More Science on Mars
A computer pilot helps NASA’s six-wheeled geologist as it searches for rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation.
In about a third of the time it would have taken other NASA Mars rovers, Perseverance recently…
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NASA’s Curiosity Reaches Mars Ridge Where Water Left Debris Pileup
Believed to be a remnant of powerful ancient debris flows, Gediz Vallis Ridge is a destination long sought by the rover’s science team.
Three billion years ago, amid one of the last wet periods on Mars, powerful debris flows carried mud and…
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NASA’s Oxygen-Generating Experiment MOXIE Completes Mars Mission
Riding with the Perseverance rover, the instrument has proved to be a viable technology for astronauts on Mars to produce oxygen for fuel and breathing.
Riding with the Perseverance rover, the instrument has proved to be a viable technology for…
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NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search
NASA’s Mars Exploration Program leaders joined their counterparts from the Australian Space Agency, ESA, and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and CSIRO on a field expedition to visit some of the oldest convincing evidence of life on…
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