recent mars rover articles 2019 - 6 matching articles

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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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  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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  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.

  ... include an orbiter, lander, and rover. China's Chang'e 4 should land ... spacecraft into lunar orbit in 2019 (without anyone onboard). But when ...
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  What it would actually take to get to Mars by 2020

  Short answer: a time machine

  ... until late 2018 or early 2019. That wouldn't provide a lot ... say anything about bringing our Mars explorers home afterwards, but if ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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  How Lockheed Martin Plans To Set Up A Base Camp In Mars' Orbit

  The journey to Mars, told in GIFs

  ... that orbits Mars, giving astronauts the ability to drive rovers and UAVs ... space and then, some day, Mars. 2019: Safety CheckDuring liftoff, a crew ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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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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  Interview With A Sarcastic Mars Rover

  Bringing snark to Mars

  ... here. Any advice for the Mars 2020 rover? Pack a sweater. Do ... started the Sarcastic Rover Twitter account after watching the Mars Science laboratory ...

  By Shannon Stirone
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  Mars Curiosity Rover Will Be First To Explore Extraterrestrial Sand Dunes

  Interplanetary dune buggy

  It's not often that a Mars rover gets to enjoy a day ... later this week, NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover will explore a sand dune ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  NASA Just Released An Addictive New Mars Rover Game

  Can you drive the rover, or will you break it?

  ... several attempts at driving the Mars Rover, I managed to break its ... you can without breaking the rover. The Mars Rover in the game is ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  The Little Rover That Could

  We think you can, Opportunity.

  NASA's Opportunity rover is the longest surviving rover on Mars. On Saturday, February 17 ... other, larger, scientifically equipped rovers to Mars. The very hopeful missions came ...

  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

  ... helicopter exploration missions, the Mars 2020 rover carrying the helicopter needs to ... do make it to Mars intact, the rover will deploy the helicopter ...

  By Stefanie Waldek
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  To find life on Mars, we'll need new orbiters, more advanced rovers, and humans

  There's a good reason NASA hasn't said they've found life on Mars—it's beyond their current capabilities.

  ... are about to expand. The Mars 2020 rover will get an all-new ... course, another component to Mars missions, though, beyond rovers, landers, and theoretical ...

  By John Wenz
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  NASA's 2020 rover will search Mars for signs of life

  And now we know exactly where it's going to poke around.

  ... big plans for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover, launching in the summer ... will be done by the Mars 2020 rover mission.” Although the water ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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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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  The Keeper Of The Maps Of Mars

  Lost on the Red Planet? Ask Dr. Fred Calef III

  ... living in this Mars world. The viewpoint of the rover is like ... and rovers like Curiosity, you have plotted a large portion of Mars ...

  By Shannon Stirone
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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 ... more on PopSci.com about the Mars Curiosity Rover This means the answer ...
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  We Rode In The Car Astronauts Could Drive On Mars

  Mark Watney, eat your heart out

  ... Watney rides around Mars in a badass, futuristic-looking rover. Well, like most ... ride, but the rover doesn't get stuck.Inside, the rover comfortably seats a ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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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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  Most Missions To Mars Don't Survive

  If you want to go to Mars, fly American

  ... missions to Mars since the 1960s, from flybys to rovers, and 23 ... for every single successful Mars lander or rover since that time and ...

  By Sara Chodosh
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  Laser-Eyed Device Could Speed Up NASA's Search For Life On Mars

  BILI is like radar for biomolecules

  ... include this instrument on a Mars rover, Blagojevic says that, with funding ... just as well on Mars. NASA's next Mars rover launches in 2020, and ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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  NASA's future Mars robot will take the fastest pictures yet of the red planet

  Here's why that's important for mission scientists here on Earth.

  ... process of scheduling tasks on Mars from 33.9 million miles away.Currently ... surrounding environment, samples, and the rover itself. Of course, in addition ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Is there life on Mars? TBD. But scientists found ancient organic matter in the Red Planet's rocks.

  Sorry, no aliens—yet.

  ... spot near Mars' equator. But even there, the rover has a good ... in this paper. The next rover mission, Mars 2020, will also take ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  NASA lost contact with Opportunity Mars rover, but there's still hope

  It's caught in a storm that now covers a quarter of the planet, and is still growing.

  ... made it. Opportunity, the longest-running Mars rover, is currently in a bad ... remarkably resilient rover," said Jim Watzin, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Should We Search For Life On Mars Before Sending Astronauts?

  Unfortunately, NASA doesn't have a good game plan

  ... $100 million to retrofit the Mars Exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity with ... past or present life. The Mars 2020 rover launches in five years ...

  By Sarah Fecht