NASA’s Spirit Rover didn’t land like a normal spacecraft—it bounced! 🔴🎈 Find out why NASA used an inflatable landing system and how it helped unlock the secrets of Mars.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

The findings are the result of the ongoing studies performed by NASA’s Curiosity ... of Mars' climate. “We have been searching for these features since the Opportunity and Spirit landers ...

The signs of wave ripples in the sandy shores of ancient lake beds, created as wind pushed water back and forth have been found on Mars providing evidence that there were open bodies of water, not ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is making history by collecting handpicked Martian samples for future return to Earth. Scientists are eager to study these specimens to unlock secrets about Mars’ ancient ...

Mars is one of the only other places NASA know life may have existed in the solar system. The Red Planet is the fourth from the Sun and its reddish surface is covered in iron oxide dust.

“We have been searching for these features since the Opportunity and Spirit landers began ... former project scientist for Curiosity’s mission at NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, says in ...

who fell in love with Mars while pursuing her Ph.D. and partnered with an advisor to write a proposal to work with data from NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers. “This was one of my career ...

Both Blue Origin and SpaceX have been commissioned by NASA to deploy landers ... including on the Mars Phoenix lander, the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and the Perseverance ...

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