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nasa's explorers on mars are on the move

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and making new discoveries

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it's a journey you can be a part of too

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nasa's curiosity rover which has been

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climbing mount sharp since 2014 is about

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to drive up onto a broad sloping surface

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called the green hue pediment

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this will allow scientists to fast

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forward perhaps millions of years in

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mars's history and study the history of

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liquid water written into these

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different layers of rock

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and curiosity made some interesting

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discoveries along the way

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less than half an inch in size this

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unusual feature eroded from sedimentary

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rock was cemented by mineral-rich

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groundwater

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and check out this rock smoothly eroded

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by winds

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over in jezreel crater the perseverance

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rover is getting ready for a new

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destination and science campaign

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and it's consistently setting driving

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records on mars by relying more on

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self-driving software that allows the

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rover to avoid obstacles without having

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to consult a human on earth

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perseverance will be pushing north in an

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area where an ancient river flowed into

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a body of water

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it left sediments in a shape called a

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delta

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the rover will collect more rock samples

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there

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the ingenuity mars helicopter will

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support perseverance's upcoming science

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campaign

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the helicopter has been given the green

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light to try to keep flying on mars for

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the next few months

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upgrades to its navigation software will

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improve flight and operational safety

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the mars explorers will document the

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journey along the way and you can make

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your own discoveries

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visit the raw image pages to see the

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latest images every day and vote for

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your favorites

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to get the latest updates follow at nasa

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jpl and at nasa mars on social media or

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take a deeper dive on the mission