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Febuary 14, 2019

Earth First Origins Project Seeks To Replicate the Cradle of Life

NASA grant establishes research community focused on pathways to life on Earth

By Mary L. Martialay

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Febuary 18, 2021

Perseverance Landing Watch Party

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. Perseverance, the most sophisticated rover NASA has ever sent to the Red Planet, is ferrying several cutting-edge technologies to the surface of Mars - including a helicopter named Ingenuity, the first aircraft to attempt powered, controlled flight on another planet.

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