Tag Archives: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia

Posted on June 7, 2019 by rburnham

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Mars 2020 helicopter enters final testing phase

Posted on June 6, 2019 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars Helicopter flight demonstration project has passed a number of key tests with flying colors. In 2021, the small, autonomous helicopter will be the first vehicle in history to attempt to establish the viability of heavier-than-air vehicles flying on … Continue reading →

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InSight: Getting the Mole moving again

Posted on June 5, 2019 by rburnham

Scientists and engineers have a new plan for getting NASA InSight’s heat probe, also known as the “mole,” digging again on Mars. Part of an instrument called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3), the mole is a self-hammering … Continue reading →

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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia

Posted on June 4, 2019 by rburnham

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Mars 2020 rover gets HD eyes

Posted on May 31, 2019 by rburnham

One of the first operations the Mars 2020 rover will perform after touching down on the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, will be to raise its remote sensing mast (RSM), which carries important optics and instrumentation. In … Continue reading →

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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia

Posted on May 30, 2019 by rburnham

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Mars 2020 drops in on Death Valley

Posted on May 24, 2019 by rburnham

On a test flight in Death Valley, California, an Airbus helicopter carried an engineering model of the Lander Vision System (LVS) that will help guide NASA’s next Mars mission to a safe touchdown on the Red Planet. During the flight … Continue reading →

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Mars 2020 gets a dose of space — on Earth

Posted on May 24, 2019 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft has completed acoustic and thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The acoustic test of the spacecraft that will carry the Mars 2020 rover to a soft touchdown in Jezero Crater … Continue reading →

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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia

Posted on May 23, 2019 by rburnham

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Send your name to Mars with NASA’s 2020 rover

Posted on May 21, 2019 by rburnham

Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, NASA is giving the public an opportunity to send their names – etched on microchips – to the Red Planet with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, which represents … Continue reading →

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