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NASA has switched off one of its oldest instruments studying Mars, the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The instrument produced high-resolution mineral maps crucial in helping scientists understand how lakes, streams,...
NASA has chosen 10 researchers from across the US to join the Science Working Team of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission as NASA-supported participating scientists. The MMX mission, scheduled to launch in 2024, will...
NASA is set to convene an independent review board for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) Program. The board will review current plans and goals for the mission, which will involve bringing samples of rock and soil from Mars to...
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed its 50th flight on the Red Planet, marking a significant milestone for the first aircraft on another world. The helicopter achieved a new altitude record of 59 feet before landing near the “Belva...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has received a major software update that will enable it to drive faster and reduce wear and tear on its wheels. The update, which included about 180 changes, required the team to put Curiosity’s science...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided data for a new global image of the Red Planet that can be accessed by both scientists and the public. The image, which was made at Caltech, is composed of 110,000 images taken...
NASA's Perseverance rover has collected and stored its first rock sample from the top of Jezero Crater's delta. The rock, named "Berea," is believed to have formed from rock deposits carried downstream by an ancient river to the location....
NASA will be holding a virtual media briefing on Thursday, October 27th to discuss new scientific findings based on observations from the InSight Mars lander and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Scientists from both missions will explain how data and...
NASA's InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake on Dec. 24, 2021, but scientists only recently discovered that the cause was a meteoroid strike. The impact created one of the largest craters ever witnessed forming in the solar system,...
NASA's InSight lander is preparing to end its mission as its power supply dwindles. The lander has been exploring Mars since November 2018, and has provided details about the planet's interior layers, liquid core, magnetic field remnants, weather, and...
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