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  • Was there life on Mars?

    Was there life on Mars?
    2020/07/29

    On a mission like no other, Perseverance sets out to search for signs of ancient life on Mars. 

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Perseverance rover image courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    14 分
  • The eye on the rover

    The eye on the rover
    2020/08/05

    Perched atop Perseverance, SuperCam is the rover's "Swiss Army knife," performing five kinds of types of analyses to study Mars' geology.

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    14 分
  • Plutonium power

    Plutonium power
    2020/08/12

    It takes a special battery to power a rover on another planet.

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    18 分
  • Searching for signs of life on Mars

    Searching for signs of life on Mars
    2020/08/20

    Billions of years ago, Mars was warmer and wetter. Could a dried-up lakebed harbor secrets of past life?

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustrations courtesy NASA/JPL and NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    18 分
  • A day in the life of a Mars rover

    A day in the life of a Mars rover
    2020/08/27

    How do you drive a rover on another planet? Could life on Mars have gone underground?

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Images courtesy NASA/JPL and  NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    14 分
  • What rocks may reveal about Martian life

    What rocks may reveal about Martian life
    2020/09/03

    Living microbes play a role in forming rock varnish on Earth. Could they play a role in Martian rock varnish, too?

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Images courtesy NASA/JPL and NASA/JPL/Caltech. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    10 分
  • Bonus: SuperCam talks!

    Bonus: SuperCam talks!
    2020/11/19

    Nestled within its spacecraft millions of miles from Earth, SuperCam sent scientists an update.

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Image courtesy NASA/JPL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    3 分
  • Perseverance has landed

    Perseverance has landed
    2021/03/09

    Millions of miles and eight months of travel come to an end with a terrifying seven-minute landing. First things first: The rover starts on its to-do list.

    Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy NASA/JPL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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    7 分