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Perseverance Rover's Helicopter Touched Down on Mars. Here's What Happens Next
A milestone moment years in the making is coming up in April when a tiny helicopter is expected to launch from the Perseverance rover and take flight above the surface of Mars.
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NBCLX is bringing you live coverage and expert analysis of the Mars Perseverance rover landing.
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Easter Eggs Hidden Aboard Mars Perseverance Rover
NASA engineer Al Chen, an MIT graduate, talks about some of the fun hidden surprises on the Mars Rover Perseverance for people here on Earth to discover.
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Breaking Down NASA's Perseverance Rover
The Perseverance Rover is giving us a never-before-seen look at the surface of Mars.
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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Hits Dusty Red Road, 1st Trip 21 Feet
NASA’s newest Mars rover has hit the dusty red road, taking a spin for the first time this week
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Maps and Images: Follow NASA's Perseverance Rover as It Explores Mars
NASA landed its fifth rover on Mars Thursday after a nearly seven-month journey capped by a 12,000-mph blast through the Martian atmosphere and a gentle touchdown.
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Biden Lauds NASA Team for Giving US ‘Dose of Confidence'
President Joe Biden on Thursday congratulated the NASA team responsible for last month’s successful landing of an unmanned rover on Mars for giving the country a “dose of confidence” at a moment when the nation’s reputation as a scientific leader has been tattered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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NASA's Lucky Charm for a Successful Mission? Peanuts
Peanuts are popular at baseball games and bars, but did you know they’re also a mainstay at NASA?
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Mars Rover's Giant Parachute Carried Secret Message
The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message.
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NASA Rover Beams Back First Sounds Ever Recorded From Surface of Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded the first audio clips captured on the surface of Mars, beaming back to Earth guttural sounds of wind gusting on the red planet. The first-of-its-kind audio was released Monday, along with extraordinary new video footage of the rover as it descended and landed last Thursday. The images are among the most sophisticated yet taken of Mars,...
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First-of-Its-Kind Video Shows Rover Perseverance's Dramatic Landing on Mars
Stunning video released Monday shows the high-stakes descent of the rover Perseverance from several angles as it streaks toward the surface of Mars before a gentle touchdown.
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NASA Releases Onboard Footage of Perseverance Rover's Mars Landing
NASA shared footage captured by the Perseverance rover as it landed on Mars last week.
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Mars Landing Team ‘Awestruck' by Photo of Descending Rover
NASA has released the first close-up picture that captures a rover descending to the surface of Mars
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Photos: NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars
The world is getting its first close-up look at a Mars landing after NASA released new photos of its newest rover being lowered onto the red planet Thursday.
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NASA Releases New Images of Mars
NASA released a series of images from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on Friday. Among them, the rover’s first high-resolution, full-color image of Mars.
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COVID-19 Made NASA's Mars Rover Landing a Space Mission Like None Other
NASA has faced many challenges over the years, but COVID-19 was one of the biggest. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway spoke with Mars 2020 Deputy Project Manager Matt Wallace about the “existential” threat that the pandemic posed to its Mars mission.
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Three Space Missions that Made the Mars Perseverance Rover Landing Possible
LX News host Ashley Holt visited Space Center Houston for a closer look at the space missions that made the Mars Perseverance Rover landing possible — and that will help pave the way to put a human on the red planet next.
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NASA's Southern California-Built Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars
A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars
Watch NBCLX’s live coverage of the Perseverance rover’s landing as it touches down on the red planet and starts its mission to search for traces of ancient life.
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Touch Down! ‘Perserverance' Arrives on Mars
NASA’s latest Mars rover has made a safe landing on the red planet on a mission that will help pave the way for human visitors.