rovers
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Watch the ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’ Awaiting NASA’s Perseverance on Its Martian Descent
In just 57 days, NASA’s Perseverance rover will attempt a landing on Mars. Mission controllers say it’ll be “seven minutes of terror,” as this new depiction demonstrates in dramatic fashion.
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Perseverance Will Be The Next NASA Rover On Mars
After months of anticipation and a naming contest that involved hundreds of thousands of voters, NASA has finally settled on a name for its upcoming Mars rover: Perseverance.
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NASA’s Real-Life Concept Mars Rover Is Straight Out Of Halo
While we wait for a manned mission to Mars, we may as well figure out how astronauts will get around on the barren red planet. Maybe it’ll be jetpacks. Or scooters. Or buggies. Or… we could skip all that and just go with a big, honking interplanetary rover that wouldn’t look out of place in…
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Watch An Astronaut In Orbit Control A Robot On Earth Using Haptic Feedback
One day, astronauts on deep space missions may explore the surface of unknown planets remotely — using a rover while they remain in orbit. That concept, though it sounds radically far-off, just got an important dry run.