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The car-size rover is about as tall as a basketball player and uses a 7 foot-long arm to place tools close to rocks selected for study. Curiosity's large size allows it to carry an advanced kit of 10 science instruments. It has tools including 17 cameras, a laser to vaporize and study small pinpoint spots of rocks at a distance, and a drill to ...
Mars Nearing Earth In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped this photo of the red planet 11 hours before its closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years. How close? It was a mere 34,648,840 miles ...
Jan 3, 2004 · NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers were identical twin robots that helped rewrite our understanding of the early history of Mars. NASA’s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars on Jan. 3 and Jan. 24, 2004 PST (Jan. 4 and Jan. 25 UTC). The rovers were planned as 90-day missions to search for geological clues regarding ...
Apr 5, 2023 · NASA Headquarters, Washington. 202-385-1287 / 202-358-1501. karen.c.fox@nasa.gov / alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov. Robert Perkins. 626-395-1862. rperkins@caltech.edu. 2023-044. Both scientists and the public can navigate a new global image of the Red Planet that was made at Caltech using data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Dec 15, 2021 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover. For more about Perseverance:
The key to understanding the past, present or future potential for life on Mars can be found in NASA’s four broad, overarching goals for Mars Exploration. This animated artist’s concept depicts a scene of water breaking through the rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater, which NASA’s Perseverance rover is now exploring. Water entered the crater ...
NASA Mars Relay Network visualization tool. Mars Relay Network beta
