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NASA to study rock samples from Mars using machine learning algorithms

August 07, 2024 3:33 pm

Machine learning algorithms will be used to detect organic compounds in the Martian samples.

The four-member CHAPEA Crew 1, which lived for around a year in conditions similar to Mars.

NASA’s CHAPEA project: Why 4 people spent a year in an airlocked space simulating Mars

July 12, 2024 6:59 pm

NASA’s simulation mission saw four volunteers live in a habitat built to replicate conditions on Mars, seen as the most hospitable planet to support life after Earth. What was the mission?

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Mysterious 'hole' on Mars excites enthusiasts, could shelter humans during expeditions

June 10, 2024 8:18 am

Pits created by lava flowing away from ancient volcanoes on Mars may allow us to take shelter and shed some light about the history of life on the rocky planet.

Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission

February 10, 2023 10:39 am

NASA takes on greater risk by using promising upstart rocket services with whom commercial customers might be unwilling to fly initially.

Humans on Mars: Four ways in which these trips could prove risky

January 06, 2023 12:02 pm

A manned mission to Mars will be unlike any journey humanity has ever undertaken. Here are the many ways in which a manned Mars mission could prove to be fatal.

Nasa's Ingenuity helicopter sets flight height record on Mars

December 07, 2022 5:48 pm

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter set a new record for flight height after a major software update that gives it new capabilities.

image from perseverance rover showing a piece of foil stuck on a rock

NASA’s Perseverance rover finds an unexpected shiny foil piece on Martian rock

June 21, 2022 9:16 pm

In the image clicked by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover’s left Mastcam-Z camera, a piece of foil with dots across it is clearly visible.

NASA video shows Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on a daring record-breaking flight

April 05, 2023 1:49 pm

The NASA video shows the Ingenuity Mars helicopter completing its record-breaking 25th flight where it covered a distance of 704 metres at a speed of 5.5 metres per second,

Pebble trouble: Debris obstruct NASA Perseverance Mars rover's sample collection

January 10, 2022 5:35 pm

Latest images showed that fragments of cored rock fell out of the sample tube during dropoff.

China's Mars rover soldiers on after completing initial program

August 23, 2021 2:08 pm

China's National Space Administration said on Friday that Zhurong completed its 90-day program on August 15 and was in excellent technical condition and fully charged.