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Sending 3D Printed Parts to Mars: A Look Inside JPL’s Additive Manufacturing Center

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With the Mars 2020 mission now past the halfway point between Earth and its destination, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab recently released a couple of stories about the 3D-printed parts that made it aboard the Perseverance rover. Tucked into its aeroshell and ready for its high-stakes ride to the Martian surface, …read more

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An Up-Close Look at the First Martian Helicopter

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The news was recently abuzz with stories of how the Mars 2020 mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral at the end of July, had done something that no other spacecraft had done before: it had successfully charged the batteries aboard a tiny helicopter that is hitching a ride in the …read more

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Geocaching on Mars: How Perseverance Will Seal Martian Samples with a Return to Earth in Mind

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With the roughly 20-day wide launch window for the Mars 2020 mission rapidly approaching, the hype train for the next big mission to the Red Planet is really building up steam. And with good reason — the Mars 2020 mission has been in the works for a better part of …read more

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Perseverance rover to be guided by the most precise Mars maps to date

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When NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover touches down on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021, its descent stage will guide it autonomously to a (hopefully) safe landing thanks to a pair of the most precise Martian maps ever produced.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Perseverance rover to be guided by the most precise Mars maps to date→

Perseverance Mars rover experiments get dry run on Earth

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An international team of scientists is conducting the experiments designed for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover here on Earth. Led by University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney astrobiologist Bonnie Teece, the purpose is to provide a baseline with which… Continue reading Perseverance Mars rover experiments get dry run on Earth→