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Astronauts could use plasma to make oxygen and fertiliser on Mars

A form of matter called plasma, which contains charged particles, could help break up the Martian atmosphere into more useful components

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Illustration of Mars being bombarded with solar radiation

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Mars astronauts would get unsafe radiation doses even with shielding

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Close-up of black meteorite

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Meteorite from Mars traced to crater where it was ejected by impact

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Ancient meteorite upends our ideas of how Mars formed

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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast. This image was acquired on June 12, 2022 (Sol 466) at the local mean solar time of 12:20:39.

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Mars looks more vivid than ever in new photos from Perseverance rover

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Zhurong rover

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Mars was wet more recently than we thought, according to Chinese rover

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meteorite on Mars

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Meteorites on Mars may preserve evidence of ancient alien life

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Curiosity rover discovers diverse cache of organic minerals on Mars

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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

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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

The helicopter is providing scientists with information about Mars, reaching places the Perseverance rover cannot traverse

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China’s Zhurong Mars rover finds hints landscape was shaped by water

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Astronauts on Mars might trip up less if they can hear their footsteps

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Russian sanctions mean ESA's Mars rover is unlikely to launch in 2022

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Mars may have been habitable millions of years later than we thought

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