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Creating robots to go where humans can’t

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Developing technology to improve life on Earth

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Exploring our solar system

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Tracking and studying asteroids and comets

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Studying Earth to better understand climate change

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TIME ON MARS

Mars Perseverance

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DEEP SPACE NETWORK

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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

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ASTEROID WATCH

Next close approach

06 Mar 2021

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NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time

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Sink Your Teeth Into the NASA Pi Day Challenge

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NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return

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NASA to Provide Update on Perseverance ‘Firsts’ Since Mars Landing

What's Up .

What are some skywatching highlights in March 2021?

Mars .

Testing Proves Its Worth With Successful Mars Parachute Deployment

Asteroids and Comets .

Comet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter’s Asteroids

Technology .

Futuristic Space Technology Concepts Selected by NASA for Initial Study

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gives High-Definition Panoramic View of Landing Site

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Have you been awed by views of desolate Martian Valleys, swirling storms above Jupiter, and the icy blades ringing Saturn? Then you have journeyed with NASA JPL spacecraft and rovers.

Our missions have flown to every planet and the Sun in a quest to understand our place in the universe, and to search for the possibility of life beyond Earth.

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RoboSimian

Meet Clyde, an ape-like robot that traverses complicated terrain and performs dexterous tasks.

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Speed

0.49 Feet per second

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