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14 Jul 2019

NASA engineers install legs, wheels on Mars 2020 rover

Every wheel has its own motor. The two front and two rear wheels also have individual steering motors that enable the vehicle to turn a full 360 degrees in place.

14 Jun 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 rover to explore ancient life

The goal of the Mars 2020 rover is to look for signs of ancient life. It will be the first spacecraft to collect samples of the Martian surface, caching them in tubes that could be returned to Earth on a future mission, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

14 Feb 2018

NASA to return massive chunk of Mars to the Red Planet onboard its 2020 rover

Earth has a limited supply of Martian meteorites, which scientists determined were blasted off Mars' surface millions of years ago.

29 Nov 2017

NASA develops new unmanned rover for Mars 2020 mission

JPL is also developing a new landing technology that will allow the rover to visit sites deemed too risky for Curiosity and shave miles off its journey.

01 Nov 2017

NASA's Mars 2020 rover will study the Red Planet with 23 'eyes'

After Pathfinder (1997), the Spirit and Opportunity rovers were designed with 10 cameras each, including on their landers; Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover has 17.

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17 Aug 2017

Mars 2020 rover to use smart techniques to find signs of life

The Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch in 2020 builds on the success of prior rovers, to make coordinated measurements that could detect signs of ancient life - or bio-signatures - in their original spatial context.

15 Feb 2017

Mars 2020 rover set to sport more efficient robotic arm

Throughout its investigation, Mars 2020 will collect samples of soil and rock and cache them on the surface for potential return to Earth by a future mission.

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