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NASA's Perseverance Rover Begins Ambitious Climb to Crater Rim on Mars

The rover will climb 305 meters (1,000 feet) to reach the crater's rim, an area believed to have once harbored hydrothermal vents—locations that on Earth are linked to the origins of life.

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Perseverance Rover Discovers Possible Signs of Ancient Life on Mars

This rock, marked by distinctive veins and spots, contains organic compounds that suggest it may have once harbored microbial life billions of years ago.

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Mars Rover Captures Image of Martian 'Snowman'

The image was taken in Jezero Crater. The rover has recently started ascending the crater's slopes, promising more intriguing images from new perspectives.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Unique Boulder in Ancient Martian Riverbed

Measuring approximately 18 inches (45 cm) wide and 14 inches (35 cm) tall, Atoko Point is composed of pyroxene and feldspar, minerals that suggest it might have originated from a subsurface magma layer.

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NASA Rethinks Mars Sample Return Strategy and Seeks Cost-Effective Alternatives

The space agency announced this significant shift at a briefing, revealing the program's expense could reach as high as $11 billion, far exceeding the early estimates of $2.5 to $3 billion.

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Unprecedented Mars Rock Sample Could Hold Clues to Ancient Life

This find, known as sample 24, was retrieved from a unique outcrop that stood out to scientists due to its unusual composition and structure, suggesting a long history submerged in water, possibly part of an ancient Martian lake.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Solar Eclipse on Mars

Unlike the total eclipse on Earth, Phobos' small size meant that it only partially obscured the sun's disk, creating a mesmerizing spectacle for the Martian rover to witness.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Confirms the presence of an Ancient Lake Bed on Mars

The Jezero Crater was the landing site for Perseverance in February 2021. Since then, the rover has been traversing the crater, collecting samples and scanning the subsurface with RIMFAX.

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Solar Conjunction Puts NASA's Mars Robots on Hold

Mars exploration will temporarily rely on onboard instruments, as communication with Earth may lead to unintended consequences. NASA's precautionary measure aims to ensure the robots' safety and prevent any issues arising from miscommunications.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Towering Martian Dust Devil

This colossal dust whirlwind reached an impressive height of two kilometers, with a diameter of roughly 60 meters, and it raced across the Martian landscape at a speed of 19 kilometers per hour.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Spots a Martian "Avocado" Rock

Taken on September 8 in the Jezero Crater, where Perseverance is diligently searching for signs of ancient life, this curious snapshot adds to the rover's growing collection of rocks that resemble familiar objects.

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Perseverance Rover's Experiment Produces Breathable Oxygen on Mars for the Final Time

This achievement represents a significant step toward self-sufficiency for future Mars missions, as astronauts could potentially generate essential resources from the planet's environment.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers a Doughnut-Shaped Rock on Mars

The rock, which resembles a doughnut, was captured in a photograph taken on Friday, June 23. It is surrounded by other rocks of a similar shade, indicating a shared origin that could extend beyond Mars.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Records the Sound of a Dust Devil on Mars

On September 27, 2021, the vortex of at least 118 metres high and 25 metres wide passed directly over the rover as it landed in the Jezero crater.

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NASA Showed How It Will Bring Mars Rock Samples Back to Earth

A set of samples from the rover will be reloaded aboard the Mars Ascent Vehicle. It will deliver the samples to a Martian orbit, where they will be picked up by the Earth Return Orbiter and delivered to Earth.

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You Can Now Explore Mars Using an Interactive Map

The map was unveiled at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022 in Granada, Spain. It was created using orbital images as well as three-dimensional panoramic views of the Jezero crater.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Has a Traveling Companion in the Form of a Pet Rock

The Perseverance rover has shared an image of its traveling companion – a pet rock that managed to find its way into the front left wheel of the rover in early February and has traveled more than eight and a half kilometers (5.3 miles) with it since then.

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NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Finds Wreckage From Perseverance Rover's Landing

NASA notes that the coating on the outside of the backshell, the parachute, and the lines connecting the parachute to the spacecraft all survived their trip to the surface of Mars.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Reaches the Dried-up Delta of an Ancient River

Delta was formed billions of years ago at the confluence of a river and crater lake. On its dried-up bottom remained clusters of rocks and prehistoric deposits. These are the best samples to study the emergence and demise of organic life.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Solar Eclipse on Mars

The footage of the solar eclipse on the Red Planet was captured on April 2 as the rover moved toward the dried-up delta of an ancient Martian river that is located near the Jezero crater.