SOL 19 OF THARSO OF YEAR 38
DAY 27 OF JUNE OF YEAR 2026
Stratigraphic Continuity Between Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis: The Great Window into Mars' Habitable Past
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SOL 17 OF THARSO OF YEAR 38
DAY 24 OF JUNE OF YEAR 2026
The Era of Interplanetary Alliances: The Aeolus Mission and NASA's New Paradigm on Mars
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SOL 12 OF THARSO OF YEAR 38
DAY 20 OF JUNE OF YEAR 2026
Perseverance's Martian Marathon and the Silent Revolution of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence
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ESCAPADE
Launch: SOL 23 OF MARINERO OF YEAR 38
(DAY 13 OF NOVEMBER OF YEAR 2025)
ESCAPADE revolutionizes Martian exploration with twin low-cost probes built on Rocket Lab's Explorer bus. Launched in November 2025 via a New Glenn rocket, the mission validates commercial components and L2 loitering orbits to perform multipoint measurements of the Martian magnetosphere.
En Route
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Europa Clipper
Launch: SOL 9 OF VIKINGO OF YEAR 37
(DAY 14 OF OCTOBER OF YEAR 2024)
Europa Clipper successfully completed its hyperbolic Mars flyby at an altitude of 884 km on March 1, 2025. The maneuver provided a net heliocentric Delta-V of 1800 m/s through gravity assist and enabled precise in-flight calibration of the key E-THEMIS and REASON ice-penetrating radar instruments.
Mission Complete
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Hera
Launch: SOL 2 OF VIKINGO OF YEAR 37
(DAY 7 OF OCTOBER OF YEAR 2024)
The Hera probe successfully completed its Mars and Deimos flyby on March 12, 2025, using gravity assist to optimize its route to Didymos. The deep-space campaign validated its optical, hyperspectral, and thermal sensors through unprecedented analysis of the far side of Deimos.
Mission Complete
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