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A Perseverance Experiment Could Help Astronauts Prepare for Dust Storms on Mars

Headline via Universe Today · first report 10 Nov, 01:26 IST, latest 10 Nov, 01:26 IST

The Earth, photographed from Apollo 17
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Researchers at Washington University examined how dust interacts with the spacesuit swatches on the Perseverance Rover. Future missions to Mars require that planners account for the effects of dust exposure on humans and materials.

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