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Month: July 2017

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July 25, 2017 Philip Sams

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RSS Latest News – NASA's Mars Exploration Program

  • NASA to Host Media Call on Next Mars Landing Site
    NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST) Monday, Nov. 19, to provide details about the Mars 2020 rover's landing site on the Red Planet.
  • NASA Launches a New Podcast to Mars
    NASA's new eight-episode series 'On a Mission' follows the InSight spacecraft on its journey to Mars and details the extraordinary challenges of landing on the Red Planet.
  • Update on Opportunity Rover Recovery Efforts
    After a review of the progress of the listening campaign, NASA will continue its current strategy for attempting to make contact with the Opportunity rover for the foreseeable future.
  • Third ASPIRE Test Confirms Mars 2020 Parachute a Go
    The supersonic parachute that will handle the heaviest payload yet to the Red Planet – Mars 2020 rover – passes its final sounding rocket test with flying colors.
  • NASA to Host Briefing on November Mars InSight Landing
    A briefing on NASA's upcoming InSight Mars landing will air on Wed. Oct. 31 at 1:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 a.m. PDT) on NASA TV, the agency's website and NASA InSight Facebook Page.
  • Scientists to Debate Landing Site for Next Mars Rover
    Hundreds of scientists and Mars-exploration enthusiasts gather this week to present, discuss and deliberate the future landing site for NASA's next Red Planet.
  • Mars Virtual Reality Software Wins NASA Award
    A mixed-reality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on Mars has received NASA's 2018 Software of the Year Award.
  • Painting Cars for Mars
    What does NASA do to get a rover ready for Mars? JPL's paint shop does a thousand different paint jobs a year. And while every piece of spacecraft that comes through the shop is important, one headed for the Red Planet adds a little extra oomph.
  • Curiosity Rover to Temporarily Switch 'Brains'
    NASA engineers are switching over to Curiosity's spare computer to diagnose a technical issue.
  • Opportunity Emerges in a Dusty Picture
    NASA still hasn't heard from the Opportunity rover, but at least the agency can see it again.
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