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  Sun block: NASA's Mars missions will halt communication

  Science | September 29, 2021 23:42 IST

  While the missions on the Red Planet will continue collecting data, engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands to them until October 16, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.

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  NASA's Mars rover makes 2nd attempt to pick up rock sample

  Science | September 03, 2021 19:41 IST

  After completing its second coring, Perseverance manoeuvred the corer, bit, and open end of the sample tube in order to be imaged by the rover's Mastcam-Z instrument.

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  Martian snow is dusty, can potentially melt: Study

  Science | August 24, 2021 19:07 IST

  The team from Universities of Arizona State and Washington combined data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter with computer simulations to successfully match the brightness of Martian ice and determine its dust content.

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  NASA invites participants for year-long simulated Mars mission

  Science | August 07, 2021 19:59 IST

  In preparation for the real-life challenges of future missions to Mars, NASA will study how highly motivated individuals respond under the rigour of a long-duration, ground-based simulation.

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  NASA lander reveals Mars' deep interiors for 1st time

  Science | July 25, 2021 15:45 IST

  Like Earth, Mars heated up as it formed from the dust and larger clumps of meteoritic material orbiting the Sun that helped to shape our early solar system.

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  Mars Ingenuity helicopter completes its most challenging flight yet

  Science | July 09, 2021 22:17 IST

  During Flight 9, the mini chopper flew over a rugged region called "Seitah" -- characterised by sandy ripples that is very challenging terrain for rovers and took colour images.

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  Navigation glitch sends NASA's Mars helicopter on excursion

  Science | May 28, 2021 22:16 IST

  NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter encountered a navigational glitch on its sixth flight on the Red Planet and went on an excursion of more than 20 degrees, the first problem since its first flight in April.

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  Elon Musk rejigs his Twitter bio; adds 'Imperator of Mars'

  Science | April 12, 2021 15:10 IST

  Tesla CEO and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is obsessed with colonizing the red planet, changed his Twitter bio for the second time within a month to add 'Imperator of Mars' with a winking emoji.

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  NASA's Mars Helicopter to make first flight attempt tomorrow

  Science | April 10, 2021 7:48 IST

  NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. 

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  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity survives its first chilly Martian night

  Science | April 06, 2021 7:55 IST

  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has survived its first cold Martian night on its own. 

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  NASA exchanges data of its Mars mission with India, China, UAE & European Space Agency

  Science | March 31, 2021 15:54 IST

  The US space agency NASA has exchanged data of its current Mars mission with its counterparts in China, India, the UAE and the European Space Agency to lower the risk of a collision as their spacecraft were also currently hovering the red planet, a media report said on Wednesday.  

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  First historic Mars helicopter flight on April 8: NASA

  Science | March 25, 2021 7:47 IST

  NASA will attempt to fly the Ingenuity mini-helicopter, currently attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover, on Mars on April 8, in the first such attempt on another planet.

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  China’s Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing rover

  Science | February 24, 2021 11:50 IST

  China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months.

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  Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message

  Science | February 24, 2021 9:23 IST

  Only about six people knew about the encoded message before Thursday’s landing, according to Clark. They waited until the parachute images came back before putting out a teaser during a televised news conference Monday.

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  Watched in awe: Joe Biden on NASA's Perseverance Rover Mars touch down

  World | February 20, 2021 21:22 IST

  United States President Joe Biden lauded NASA for the successful landing of its Perseverance rover on Mars. Taking to Twitter, Joe Biden said, "I joined the world and watched in awe as the Perseverance Rover touched down on the surface of Mars. It was a remarkable feat — one made possible by the hard work and ingenuity of the team at @NASA".

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  Mars landing team ‘awestruck’ by photo of descending rover

  Science | February 20, 2021 8:12 IST

  The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface.

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  NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could pave way for future rover-drone tandem missions

  Science | February 19, 2021 13:21 IST

  NASA is set to become the first global space agency to fly a drone in the atmosphere of another planet, an advance which could pave the way for future "tandem-exploration" missions that include new terrestrial and aerial surveillance methods.

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  Perseverance: 10 things to know about NASA's most advanced Mars rover

  Science | February 19, 2021 13:00 IST

  The American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has successfully landed its Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet Mars' equator called Jezero.

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  Biden, Harris, Obama hail successful landing of NASA's Perseverance on Mars' surface

  World | February 19, 2021 13:04 IST

  As NASA landed its biggest and the most advanced rover Preservance on the orange martian surface, the agency's acting chief Steve Jurczyk received a call from Unites States President Joe Biden, congratulating him for the successful landing.

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  NASA rover lands on Mars, to look for signs of ancient life

  Science | February 19, 2021 13:02 IST

  A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars.