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Moving Right Along – Sol 3531
Since we finished up with our "Avanavero" drill activities yesterday, we're officially back on the Martian road to the layered...
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ESA fully cuts Mars mission ties with Russia, angering Moscow
The European Space Agency has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on a mission to put a rover on Mars, with...
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Perseverance takes first core from the Delta
Perseverance has taken its first sample from the Jezero delta! Since arriving at the delta, the rover has been observing...
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Scientists find oldest Martian meteorite's original home
Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth,...
Read moreDetailsMachine learning 'phones home' for famous Martian rock
New Curtin-led research has pinpointed the exact home of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorite for the first time...
Read moreDetailsSource of ancient Martian rocks found using Perth supercomputer
Five to ten million years ago an asteroid smashed into Mars. It created a massive crater and propelled a chunk...
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NASA's Perseverance Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites
The six-wheeled explorer has inspected a stretch of the Red Planet to see if it is flat enough for NASA's...
Read moreDetailsLeaving Avanavero – Sol 3530
The MAHLI images acquired on Sol 3528 confirm that the APXS was well placed over the Avanavero drill tailings, and...
Read moreDetailsMIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competition
Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons...
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Everyone gets to savour the Avanavero flavours: Sols 3528-3529
Both the CheMin and SAM instruments have dined on the Avanavero drill samples and have decided their appetites are sated....
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