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nasa's perseverance mars rover eyes the tiny ingenuity helicopter, which is resting on reddish, rocky ground a few feet away from it.
NASA's Mars robots are on their own right now — here's why

By Mike Wall Published

NASA has stopped sending commands to its Mars missions for two weeks, but that doesn't mean the robotic explorers are taking a vacation.

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a four-wheeled robot with a robotic arm
Build your own AI-powered Perseverance Mars rover with this new DIY kit

By John Loeffler Published

A new robotics kit is coming for DIYers out there, but this one has an out of this world twist: It's a miniature robotic replica of the NASA Mars Perseverance rover.

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a large, metallic mars rover sits on the red dirt, with small hills in the background.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover celebrates 4,000 'sols' on the Red Planet

By Elizabeth Howell Published

As NASA's Curiosity rover passes 4,000 'sols,' or Martian days, on the Red Planet, a Space.com reporter who began work in 2012 reflects on what that means.

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a wheeled robot with a camera on a stalk rolls around in red dirt
Curiosity rover discovers new evidence Mars once had 'right conditions' for life

By Keith Cooper Published

Thanks to NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, geologists have discovered evidence for ancient rivers on the Red Planet hiding in plain sight, suggesting the planet once had the right conditions for life.

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view from above of boulder-studded, reddish martian sand dunes, with a sliver of blue-gray sky in the upper left corner.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter aces longest Mars flight in 18 months

By Mike Wall Published

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter traveled 1,901 feet (579 meters) during its 63rd Mars flight, which took place last Thursday (Oct. 19).

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie looking down at one of 10 sample tubes deposited at the sample depot it created in an area nicknamed Three Forks. This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on Jan. 20, 2023, the 684th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
If the Perseverance rover found evidence of life on Mars, would we recognize it?

By Leonard David Published

NASA's Perseverance rover is scurrying around on the Red Planet, wheeling and dealing around Jezero Crater and inspecting the site of this former lake up close.

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birds eye view of the surface of mars.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is on the move! Here's what it will do at 'Jurabi Point.'

By Robert Lea Published

NASA's Mars-exploring Perseverance rover is heading to a junction called Jurabi Point, where it may get another crack at drilling a Martian boulder.

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is storing rock and soil samples in sealed tubes, which will be retrieved and sent to Earth.
NASA's Mars rovers could inspire a more ethical future for AI

By Janet Vertesi Published

There is a better way to bring artificial intelligence into workplaces. I know, because I've seen it, as a sociologist who works with NASA's robotic spacecraft teams.

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NASA's Perseverance rover captured this image of a Mars dust devil on Aug. 30, 2023.
Watch a dust devil swirl across Mars in this video from NASA's Perseverance rover

By Mike Wall Published

NASA's Perseverance rover captured video of a dust devil moving along the western rim of Mars' Jezero Crater on Aug. 30, 2023.

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Artist's conception of the vehicles that would participate in a Mars sample return by NASA and the European Space Agency.
NASA to address concerns about Mars Sample Return mission's 'unrealistic budget'

By John Loeffler Published

NASA is forming a response team after an independent review board examined the agency’s ongoing plans and objectives for its upcoming mission to retrieve samples from Mars.

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