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NASA's Perseverance rover captured this image of a Mars dust devil on Aug. 30, 2023.

Watch a dust devil swirl across Mars in this video from NASA's Perseverance rover

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Perseverance rover captured video of a dust devil moving along the western rim of Mars' Jezero Crater on Aug. 30, 2023.

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a shadow of a small drone is seen on sandy ground in a black-and-white photo.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter breaks altitude record on 59th Mars flight

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter soared higher than ever before over the weekend, getting 66 feet (20 meters) above the ground on its 59th Red Planet flight.

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a large rock that looks a lot like an avocado split into halves.

Perseverance rover spies 'avocado' rock on Mars (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just snapped a new photo of a Red Planet rock that looks a lot like an avocado.

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People in clean room white suits lowering a golden box into Perserverance.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover wraps up MOXIE oxygen-making experiment

By Monisha Ravisetti published

The Perseverance rover's MOXIE experiment produced a total of 122 grams of oxygen on Mars. At its most efficient, it generated 12 grams of the life-sustaining element every hour.

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a black-and-white image showing a small helicopter's shadow on sandy, boulder-studded ground.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter soars past 100 minutes of total Mars flight time

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 57th time on Sept. 3, a sortie that pushed the robot's total Red Planet air time over 100 minutes.

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black-and-white photo showing the shadow of a small helicopter flying over sandy ground.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flies on Mars for the 56th time

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 56th time last week, staying aloft for nearly 2.5 minutes on a sortie that covered 1,344 feet (410 meters) of ground.

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Members of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the European Space Agency, the Australian Space Agency, and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization are in Western Australia's Pilbara region to investigate "stromatolites," the oldest confirmed fossilized lifeforms on Earth. They discuss the importance of geological context when choosing sampling sites and ensuring the integrity of a sample's biological origin while considering plans for future missions to bring Mars samples to Earth.

Clues to spotting life on Mars are right here on Earth

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Search for life on Mars could be aided by investigating ancient fossils here on Earth.

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a dark spot can be seen on a pale yellow sun

Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured photos of a big sunspot, which should rotate into view for those of us on Earth in the coming days.

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image of reddish-brown martian dirt with some grayish rocks, taken from a height of about 30 feet.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter aces 55th Red Planet flight

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has taken to the skies yet again, covering 866 feet (264 meters) of ground on its 55th Red Planet flight.

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a small robotic helicopter hovers in front of a reddish-brown mountain on mars

Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly in amazing video from Perseverance rover

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a stunning video of the Ingenuity helicopter on Aug. 3, during the little chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.

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