NASA has selected Northern Arizona University assistant research professor Alicia Rutledge as one of only five early-career scientists in the country to receive funding through its Planetary Science Early Career Award program, which supports outstanding early-career individuals.
Rutledge s proposal, Ice, Ice, Rock: Analog Studies in Cold Environments to Understand Past Climate, outlined how the award would enable her to invest in a portable laboratory that she could use to better conduct her research.
What NASA s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter s First Flight Means for Future of Space Exploration
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But what are the implications of this achievement for the future of space exploration?
Michael Gaffey, a professor in the Space Studies Department at the University of North Dakota, told
Newsweek that the successful flight opens up a whole new range of possibilities for exploring Mars.
Read more Mars landing missions have always had to aim at safe areas ideally flat featureless areas to minimize the risk of encountering an obstacle, such as a large rock, that would damage or tumble the lander, Gaffey said.
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