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Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge

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Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge

NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions, and to dream up how their personal “superpowers” … Read more

How NASA’s Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars – NASA

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How NASA’s Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars – NASA

The rover carries several swatches of spacesuit materials, and scientists are assessing how they’ve held up after four years on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists understand the planet’s climate and geography. But another key objective is to … Read more

NASA Reveals Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge – NASA Science

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NASA Reveals Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge – NASA Science

NASA has selected the 45 semifinalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. NASA selected 45 student essays as semifinalists of its 2024-2025 Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore … Read more

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars – NASA

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars – NASA

While the Martian clouds may look like the kind seen in Earth’s skies, they include frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice. Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover using its Mastcam — its main set of “eyes.” Taken over 16 minutes on Jan. 17 … Read more

NASA Mars Orbiter Spots Retired InSight Lander to Study Dust Movement – NASA

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NASA Mars Orbiter Spots Retired InSight Lander to Study Dust Movement – NASA

New images taken from space show how dust on and around InSight is changing over time — information that can help scientists learn more about the Red Planet. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught a glimpse of the agency’s retired InSight lander recently, documenting the accumulation of dust on the spacecraft’s solar panels. In the … Read more

Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars – NASA

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Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars – NASA

Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on the Red Planet, where the six-wheeled scientist continues to make big discoveries as it inches up the foothills of a Martian mountain. Just … Read more

NASA Announces Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge – NASA

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NASA Announces Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge – NASA

NASA selected 45 student essays as semifinalists of its 2024 Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. NASA selected 45 student essays as semifinalists of its 2024 Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged … Read more