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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Japan has offered to provide the United States with a pressurized moon rover—in exchange for a reserved seat on the lunar van.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
Join us for a live talk to learn how Ingenuity’s team used resourcefulness and creativity to transform the rotorcraft from a successful tech demo into a helpful scout for the Perseverance rover, ultimately proving the value of aerial exploration for future interplanetary missions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
Martian solar eclipse science The first rovers to observe a Martian solar eclipse were Spirit and Opportunity in 2004.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
The historic moment was captured on several cameras including a video camera on the Perseverance rover, which was standing by.
—USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Only once that little hurdle is cleared does NASA plan to greenlight one of the company’s rovers.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
Sojourner, the first rover, landed in 1997 and demonstrated that a moving robot could perform experiments.
—Amy J. Williams, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
Earlier this year, two commercial spacecraft attempted to land on the moon as part of a NASA program designed to carry instruments and experiments to the lunar surface, and eventually cargo and rovers.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
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The mission's goal was to collect samples of rock, soil, atmosphere and loose surface material and deliver them back to Earth via the Mars Perseverance rover.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Japan has offered to provide the United States with a pressurized moon rover—in exchange for a reserved seat on the lunar van.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
Join us for a live talk to learn how Ingenuity’s team used resourcefulness and creativity to transform the rotorcraft from a successful tech demo into a helpful scout for the Perseverance rover, ultimately proving the value of aerial exploration for future interplanetary missions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
Martian solar eclipse science The first rovers to observe a Martian solar eclipse were Spirit and Opportunity in 2004.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
The historic moment was captured on several cameras including a video camera on the Perseverance rover, which was standing by.
—USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Only once that little hurdle is cleared does NASA plan to greenlight one of the company’s rovers.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
Sojourner, the first rover, landed in 1997 and demonstrated that a moving robot could perform experiments.
—Amy J. Williams, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
Earlier this year, two commercial spacecraft attempted to land on the moon as part of a NASA program designed to carry instruments and experiments to the lunar surface, and eventually cargo and rovers.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
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