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Sealing the Deal

This week, the Perseverance team faced a stubborn engineering challenge. After successfully collecting a core called 鈥鈥 from the 鈥淭ablelands鈥 location, the rover struggled to seal the鈥

Ask the dinosaurs: We aren鈥檛 ready for an asteroid 鈥楤ig One鈥

It is essential that we support efforts by NASA and others to detect NEOs, characterize them and prepare for a rapid response if we need to deflect one. We in the Pacific Northwest are no more susceptible to an asteroid impact than anyone else 鈥 but we may be better suited to understand the鈥

草榴社区's Melissa Rice celebrates one-year anniversary of rover Mars landing with speaking events at Museum of Flight
草榴社区's Melissa Rice co-publishes new article in 'Science' about the initial discoveries of the Mars Perseverance rover
Perseverance鈥檚 first major successes on Mars 鈥 an update from mission scientists

In the short time since NASA鈥檚 Perseverance rover landed in Mars鈥 Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, it鈥檚 already made history.

At the moment, Mars and the Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun, and the two planets cannot communicate with each other. After working nonstop for the past 216鈥

Perseverance and the Martian Clock

Perseverance and the Martian Clock

What is 鈥淢ars Time鈥? Are you excited about machines flying on another planet? Or Martian rocks coming back to Earth?

If you are curious about spacecraft on the Red Planet then check out our Season 7 Premiere&苍产蝉辫;蹿别补迟耻谤颈苍驳鈥

Perseverance's eyes see a different Mars

鈥淲e developed Mastcam-Z for a rover going to a spot on Mars that hadn鈥檛 been selected yet, so we had to design it with all the possibilities in mind鈥攖he optimal set of eyes to capture the geology of any spot on Mars,鈥 says Melissa Rice, a planetary scientist at Western Washington University and鈥

Perseverance's eyes see a different Mars

鈥淲e developed Mastcam-Z for a rover going to a spot on Mars that hadn鈥檛 been selected yet, so we had to design it with all the possibilities in mind鈥攖he optimal set of eyes to capture the geology of any spot on Mars,鈥 says Melissa Rice, a planetary scientist at Western Washington University and鈥

How a Washington geologist is helping with the search for life on Mars

NASA celebrated the successful landing of its Perseverance rover on the surfaces of Mars on Thursday. Now, the real work begins, as the rover begins its search for signs of life on the planet鈥檚 surface, with the aid of Western Washington University planetary geologist 鈥

How a Washington geologist is helping with the search for life on Mars

NASA celebrated the successful landing of its Perseverance rover on the surfaces of Mars on Thursday. Now, the real work begins, as the rover begins its search for signs of life on the planet鈥檚 surface, with the aid of Western Washington University planetary geologist 鈥

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