mars exploration program
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Breaks a Blade and Will Never Fly Again
RIP, Ingenuity, the first craft to fly on another planet.
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NASA’s Plan to Return Samples From Mars Is Pure Science Fiction, Report Finds
The findings from an independent review board suggest that NASA’s quest to return samples from Mars is riddled with challenges and seemingly impossible to accomplish under the current cost and schedule expectations. NASA released the final report on Thursday and announced that it has set up its own team to review the Mars Sample Return…
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Collectors Will Drool Over These Gorgeous Mars Stamps
The United Nations Postal Administration recently issued six new stamps and three souvenir sheets in celebration of human achievements on Mars.
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The Perseverance Rover Cut a Neat Circle Into a Martian Rock
It’s been nearly nine months since the Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater, a dried-up lake bed on Mars. Since then, its science mission has reached full swing, with the rover now scouring the Red Planet’s surface for interesting rocks to sample. Just this week, it exposed a circular patch of rock that had never…