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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

  • Mars 2020 Rover: T-Minus One Year and Counting
    The launch period for NASA's next rover, Mars 2020, opens exactly one year from today, July 17, 2020, and extends through Aug. 5, 2020.
  • Want to Colonize Mars? Aerogel Could Help
    Researchers are studying whether a wonder material used in Mars rovers could help warm parts of the Red Planet rich in water ice.
  • A Rover Pit Stop at JPL
    Working like a finely honed machine, a team of engineers in this time-lapse video clip install test wheels on another finely honed machine: NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
  • Mars 2020 Rover Gets a Super Instrument
    With its rock-zapping laser, the SuperCam will enable the science team to identify the chemical and mineral makeup of its targets on the Red Planet.
  • Mars 2020 Rover's 7-Foot-Long Robotic Arm Installed
    The main robotic arm has been installed on NASA's newest rover. When complete, the arm will enable the rover to hold and use science tools like a human geologist would.
  • NASA Selects Partners for Mars 2020 'Name the Rover' Contest, Seeks Judges
    The contest for U.S. schoolchildren will open in fall 2019, but judges can sign up now.
  • Curiosity's Mars Methane Mystery Continues
    The Curiosity rover’s follow-on sampling shows last week’s methane levels have sharply decreased.
  • Mars 2020 Rover Gets Its Wheels
    With the mobility suspension in place, the rover not only looks more like a rover but has many of its 'big-ticket items' installed.
  • The Mast Is Raised for NASA's Mars 2020 Rover
    Engineers at JPL take a group selfie after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover.
  • Johnson-Built Device to Help Mars 2020 Rover Search for Signs of Life
    NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) recently built a new calibration device for the rover to check SHERLOC’s function and properly tune it during the upcoming mission.
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