NPR: Mars spacecraft https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=180533594 Mars spacecraft en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 01:03:25 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Mars spacecraft https://www.npr.org/tags/180533594/mars-spacecraft NASA's Perseverance rover marks its first year hunting for past life on Mars Since touching down in Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover has already cached 6 samples that could one day be brought back to Earth. Astrobiologists hope they hold signs of past microbial life. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 05:01:22 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1081626105/nasas-perseverance-rover-marks-its-first-year-hunting-for-past-life-on-mars https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1081626105/nasas-perseverance-rover-marks-its-first-year-hunting-for-past-life-on-mars

Since touching down in Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover has already cached 6 samples that could one day be brought back to Earth. Astrobiologists hope they hold signs of past microbial life.

]]> Brendan Byrne UAE Joins Growing List Of Nations That Have Sent Spacecraft To Mars The United Arab Emirates successfully launched a Mars orbital probe known as Hope, or "Amal" in Arabic. It is expected to reach the red planet in February and will study the thin atmosphere of Mars. Mon, 20 Jul 2020 06:05:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/892948034/uae-joins-growing-list-of-nations-that-have-sent-spacecraft-to-mars https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/892948034/uae-joins-growing-list-of-nations-that-have-sent-spacecraft-to-mars

The United Arab Emirates successfully launched a Mars orbital probe known as Hope, or "Amal" in Arabic. It is expected to reach the red planet in February and will study the thin atmosphere of Mars.

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]]> Scott Neuman Send Your Haiku To Mars! NASA Seeks Poets NASA is looking for three haiku to include on a DVD that will travel to Mars aboard a spacecraft this fall. And everyone who submits a poem will have their name included. Thu, 02 May 2013 10:42:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/02/180532424/send-your-haiku-to-mars-nasa-seeks-poets https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/02/180532424/send-your-haiku-to-mars-nasa-seeks-poets

NASA is looking for three haiku to include on a DVD that will travel to Mars aboard a spacecraft this fall. And everyone who submits a poem will have their name included.

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