NASA's Deep Space Network looks to the future
When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet, the agency's Deep Space Network (DSN) was there, ...
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Geologists propose theory about a famous asteroid
The asteroid Vesta is the second largest asteroid in our solar system. With a diameter of about 330 miles, it ...
The case of the missing mantle
In the early solar system, terrestrial planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are thought to have formed from planetesimals, ...
The forecast for Mars? Otherworldly weather predictions
As scientists prepare for crewed research missions to nearby planets and moons, they've identified a need for something beyond rovers ...
NASA plans yearlong Mars simulation to test limits of isolation
NASA wants four people to test the limits of human isolation by placing them in a simulated Mars habitat for ...
Is Curiosity exploring surface sediments or lake deposits
In 2012, NASA landed the rover Curiosity in the Gale crater on Mars because the crater was thought by many ...
Mars Perseverance team assessing first sampling attempt
Data sent to Earth by NASA's Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars and ...
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completes 12th Mars flight
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completed its 12th flight on Mars, officials said early Tuesday, as it scouts out the Martian terrain ...
Aviation Week awards NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter with laureate
The "little helicopter that could" has garnered attention, fans, and numerous accolades, with the latest coming from Aviation Week Network ...
Mars mission outcomes to advance space research
China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission has generated a great deal of engineering and scientific data that will extensively advance research ...