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10 Newly Uncovered Facts About Mars When NASA announced the discovery of flowing water on Mars, it was a big deal. Since then, we’ve made many more discoveries that have mostly gone under the radar of the general public. Currently, we have two rovers and three orbiters exploring Mars with another two on the way. We are constantly finding out new things about our red neighbor or confirming previous ideas. 10 Mars Has Impact Glass Which Might Preserve Life Impactite is a type of rock created from a meteorite impact. It is often a mixture of various rocks, minerals, glass, and crystals formed ...

Perseverance rover operating nominally in preparation for surface operations February 25, 2021 After successfully touching down on the Martian surface on February 18, 2021, NASA teams have started the many checkouts required to begin operating the Perseverance rover. The mission touched down within five meters of their landing target (the landing target that was chosen by the terrain relative navigation system, not the pre-planned estimation), and several minutes later sent its first image of the Martian surface back to Earth.  Initial checkouts and deployments Perseverance’s first task on...

The Mars Relay Network Connects Us to NASA’s Martian Explorers A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond. When NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touches down with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, they won’t be alone. From orbit, two robotic buddies will be playing a special role in the event by checking in on the mission’s vital signs from the moment Perseverance en...

When NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars Thursday, the journey of hundreds of millions of miles through space and the mission is in part thanks to the work of a William & Mary professor and his students.

NASA, Perseverance in epicly successful entry, descent, and landing at Jezero Crater, Mars February 18, 2021 After years of hard work and labor, NASA succeeded in the most complex landing ever attempted on another planet. Perseverance safely touchdown at Jezero Crater at an actual time on Earth of 15:43 EST (20:43 UTC) — with confirmation of landing received 11 minutes 22 seconds later through the Madrid, Spain facility of the Deep Space Network at 15:55 EST (20:55 UTC). Arriving at Mars, and the challenges thereof Historically, there is now — with Al-Amal, Tianwen-1, Perseverance’s suc...