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NASA rover spots rock shaped like medieval helmet on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover stationed on Mars spotted a dome-shaped rock with a striking resemblance to a helmet used during medieval times. The martian rock, captured by Perseverance’s primary camera on Aug. 5, is pointed at the top and dome-shaped on top of a flared brim. It has a rough, textured surface covered in small bumps.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover just learned how to multitask
Thirteen years after landing on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is running smarter and more efficiently than ever. With new autonomy and multitasking capabilities, it’s maximizing the output from its long-lasting nuclear power source while exploring a striking region of boxwork formations that may hold clues to ancient water and possible microbial life.
Captured at a location called “Falbreen,” this 360-degree view mosaic was stitched together 96 images that were acquired May ...
To transform Mars into a new bioengineered Eden for human colonists, scientists have resurrected sci-fi juggernaut Arthur ...
That pivot has sparked a race, with major contenders pitching ways to keep Mars missions online. What’s at stake isn’t a ...
N ASA’s Curiosity rover has been getting all the attention these last few days as it celebrates its 13th year on Mars, but ...
When liquid water still existed on Mars, it carried dissolved minerals into rock cracks, NASA said. Once the liquid dried, it left the hardened minerals behind. The "unique shapes" left today were ...
This is because these objects formed “billions of years ago when liquid water still existed on the Red Planet. Water carried ...
NASA is moving from operating its own Mars relay network to purchasing connectivity as a service, prompting aerospace companies including Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, and Lockheed Martin to ...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said investing in space exploration, including inhabiting the moon as a means of going to Mars, is essential to national security.
The mineral suggests Mars may have been active for longer than we thought, with potential implications for life on the Red ...
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