NASA's InSight lander has been using its robotic arm to help the heat probe known as the "mole" burrow into Mars. The mission is providing the first look at the Red Planet's deep interior to reveal details about the formation ...
Space Exploration
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Representatives from NASA's InSight project have reported via Twitter that efforts by the team at the German Aerospace Center (GAC) to push a probe called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (more affectionately ...
After nearly a year of trying to dig into the Martian surface, the heat probe belonging to NASA's InSight lander is about to get a push. The mission team plans to command the scoop on InSight's robotic arm to press down on ...
Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2020
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NASA's next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary assessment of its activities on Dec. 17, 2019, found that the rover checked all the necessary boxes as it rolled forward and backward and pirouetted ...
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2019
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NASA's InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars, positioned its robotic arm this past weekend to assist the spacecraft's self-hammering heat probe. Known as "the mole," the probe has been ...
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2019
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For the first time, researchers have seen life rebounding in the world's driest desert, demonstrating that it could also be lurking in the soils of Mars.
Environment
Feb 26, 2018
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Researchers investigating whether liquid water could exist on Mars have provided new insight into the limits of life on the red planet.
Condensed Matter
Oct 13, 2017
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Tucked away in a Florida Institute of Technology lab, a would-be Martian garden grows.
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2016
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Two University of Wisconsin-Stout professors are taking their students to Mars.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2015
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A research team led by LSU Geology and Geophysics Assistant Professor Suniti Karunatillake reveals a spatial association between the presence of sulfur and hydrogen found in martian soil. The work by this multi-institutional ...
Space Exploration
Jan 5, 2015
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