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This illustration of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover indicates the placement of the spacecraft's two microphones. The microphone on the mast is part of the SuperCam science instrument. The microphone on the side of the rover was intended to capture the sounds of entry, descent, and landing for public engagement. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust). Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.

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Perseverance rover measures speed of sound on Mars for the first time

Using a laser to strike rocks and a built-in microphone, NASA’s Perseverance rover has measured changes in the speed of sound on Mars due to temperature affecting the atmosphere

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NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this image of the Ingenuity helicopter

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has captured over 2200 photographs of Mars

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NASA funds experimental radiation shield and Mars climbing robot

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Perseverance Mars rover

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Perseverance Mars rover uncovers the watery history of Jezero crater

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Parker Solar Probe near the sun

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to ‘touch’ the sun

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Illustration of NASA?s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency?s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.

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NASA’s DART mission will try to deflect an asteroid by flying into it

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Anti-satellite weapons: Will further tests make space more dangerous?

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Earth-like exoplanet

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US astronomers plan $11 billion telescope to picture another Earth

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Tardigrade

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Tardigrades could survive interstellar travel in extreme hibernation

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Lucy spacecraft

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NASA’s Lucy mission is launching to study asteroids near Jupiter

A NASA spacecraft called Lucy is about to blast off to study the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter, which are pristine relics from the early solar system

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Ancient Mars lake had fast-moving floods that carried huge boulders

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SpaceX’s Inspiration4 marks a shift towards privacy for space tourists

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NASA’s Perseverance rover took its first Mars sample – but it’s empty

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Snake-like robot could explore Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

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