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New Look at 2004’s Martian Hole-in-One Site

By Guy Webster | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Apr 24, 2017 Science/Education

A new observation from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures the landing platform that the rover Opportunity left behind in Eagle Crater more than 13 years and 27 miles (or 44 kilometers) ago. A series of bounces and tumbles after initial touchdown plunked the airbag-cushioned lander into the crater, a mere 72 feet (22 meters) […]

Small Asteroid Will Pass Earth Safely on Thursday

By Guy Webster | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Mar 6, 2014 Science/Education

An asteroid about 25 feet (8 meters) across will safely pass Earth at about 1:21 p.m. PST (4:21 p.m. EST) today, March 6, approaching us six times closer than the moon.

NASA Scientists Find Evidence of Water in Meteorite, Reviving Debate Over Life on Mars

By Guy Webster | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Mar 3, 2014 Science/Education

A team of scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has found evidence of past water movement throughout a Martian meteorite, reviving debate in the scientific community over life on Mars.