popular mars rover research 2019

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  The President's plan to revisit the moon raises lots of questions—here are the answers

  Should we go? Can we afford to go? All this, and more.

  ... find money rather than actually researching. We could also almost triple ... include an orbiter, lander, and rover. China's Chang'e 4 should land ...
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  What it would actually take to get to Mars by 2020

  Short answer: a time machine

  ... enough time to complete the research that's needed to make sure ... Affairs Officer Jim Wilson told Popular Science. "We look forward to ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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  What Happens If the Curiosity Rover Finds Life on Mars?

  A deep-dive on whether we can handle the implications of such a discovery

  ... , like the Pathfinder and the Mars Exploration Rovers, weren't thoroughly cooked before ... A team at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California ...
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  NASA's Opportunity rover is sleeping through a massive dust storm on Mars

  The rover shut down science activities a few days ago.

  ... temperatures that killed Opportunity's companion rover, Spirit back in 2010, after ... dust storm season on Mars is expected to last into early 2019.

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Chang'e 4: why the moon's far side looks red in new images

  It's not actually dark and it's definitely not red.

  ... a Damien Hirst artwork. NASA's Mars Curiosity rover carries color calibration targets ... lander and the Yutu 2 rover are primarily for navigation purposes ...
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  Interview With A Sarcastic Mars Rover

  Bringing snark to Mars

  ... of real dollars on extra-planetary research when there is actual need ... here. Any advice for the Mars 2020 rover? Pack a sweater. Do ...

  By Shannon Stirone
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  NASA's next mission will either grab part of a comet, or bop around one of Saturn's moons

  Which one will win? We'll find out in 2019.

  ... year mission. For comparison, the Mars Rover Opportunity has traveled about 27 ... in January of 2019, and then by July 2019 we'll know whether ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  NASA just added a tiny autonomous helicopter to its next Mars mission

  One small flight for drones

  ... NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,. The research center, also known as JPL ... helicopter exploration missions, the Mars 2020 rover carrying the helicopter needs to ...

  By Stefanie Waldek
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  Most Missions To Mars Don't Survive

  If you want to go to Mars, fly American

  ... with other agencies and basic research. They've worked with NASA on ... for every single successful Mars lander or rover since that time and ...

  By Sara Chodosh
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  A Drill To Tunnel Miles Below The Surface Of Mars

  In the California desert, Honeybee Robotics is testing a drill that could search for life on other worlds

  ... they get ready for their research to begin. The U-Haul overlooks ... for the Curiosity Rover, the drill on the Mars Exploration Rovers, as well ...

  By Shannon Stirone
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  NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looks so small and alone in this amazing new photo

  Just a pale blue dot.

  ... celebrate its fifth anniversary on Mars in August, is roughly the ... rover has turned a 90-day mission into 13 years of scientific research ...

  By Rachel Feltman
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  If Humans Go To Mars, Where's The Best Place To Land?

  NASA is taking suggestions this week

  ... than melting sheet ice. More research is needed to see which ... humans to land on Mars are ones that rovers already scouted beforehand ...

  By Charles Q. Choi
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  NASA officially ends the Opportunity rover's 15-year mission

  The longest-running surface mission laid the groundwork for some big things ahead.

  ... reestablish contact with its Opportunity rover on Mars, officially putting an end ... of Opportunity, as the little Mars rover punched way above its weight ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  Why NASA Helped Ridley Scott Create 'The Martian' Film

  Plus a sneak-peak review of the first 49 minutes of the film

  ... , the agency invited Weir, who researched his novel almost entirely online ... the next twenty years. The Mars 2020 rover has an experiment onboard ...

  By Ryan Bradley
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  A BB-8-Style Rover Could Help Us Explore Rough Martian Terrain

  The Force is strong with this rover

  ... huge Star Wars fan." All Mars rovers currently in operation are wheeled ... Other researchers have proposed spherical Mars rovers in the past, such as ...

  By Charles Q. Choi
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  Weather got you down? The entire planet of Mars is buried in a dust storm right now.

  But that's not too weird for the red planet.

  ... suspend operations for the Opportunity rover. Mars is no stranger to dust ... when to land a rover or lander on Mars,” says Harrison. Thankfully ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  New Horizons Gets Green Light To Explore A World Beyond Pluto

  The revolutionary explorer gets a life extension

  ... date set for January 1, 2019. NASA also announced approval for ... ), the Opportunity and Curiosity Mars rovers, the Mars Odyssey orbiter, the Lunar Reconnaissance ...

  By Samantha Cole
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  Another Volunteer Joins Mars' Robot Takeover

  This rover is made in China

  China's unveiled illustrations of its Mars probe and rover, following earlier announcements of ... rover and design its logo. When China's No Name gets to Mars ...

  By Samantha Cole
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  IKEA engineers are pretending to live on Mars to help them design better furniture

  Really.

  ... are hanging out at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, playing ... is going to do: In 2019, they plan to release a ...

  By Rachel Feltman
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  NASA's latest effort to revive Opportunity will likely be the last

  The window of Opportunity is closing.

  ... the rover, but also cap off one of the greatest Mars missions ... developed for the Curiosity rover and the Mars 2020 rover later on. We ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  What could life on Mars look like? This Chilean desert holds some clues.

  If alien life exists below the surface of Mars, it might very well have a thing or two in common with these populations.

  ... unearthed something unexpected. A robotic rover tasked with testing out an ... about what a future rover mission to Mars might unearth, there's plenty ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  The sad reason part of the Mars Rover's last image is black and white

  The rover took the shot, but never had the chance to send it back to earth.

  ... , we learned that the Mars Opportunity rover had officially ended its service. ... helped calculate distances for the rover's travels and precisely locate objects ...

  By Stan Horaczek
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  Get Your Playlist Ready: The Next Mars Rover Will Capture Sounds

  Can you hear Mars now?

  ... it will outfit the next Mars rover with microphone cameras that'll record ... a never-before-seen view of a rover's landing, helping engineers better understand ...

  By Samantha Cole
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  RIP Opportunity: A eulogy for the beloved Mars rover

  The little rover that could.

  ... investigating the surface of Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover has joined its late ... and missions of countless space rovers yet to come. Sleep well ...

  By Rachel Feltman