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The two-gram thermometer stayed in its case and outlived three Mars launches
A two-gram thermometer sits flight-ready on Earth while teams race to get it to Mars before another launch window closes.
The two-gram thermometer stayed in its case and outlived three Mars launches
In this episode, we follow the decades-long effort to fly a tiny, two-gram thermometer and complementary atmospheric sensors to Mars. The story traces how engineers in Finland, Russia, and Spain built flight-qualified hardware only to see it repeatedly sidelined by launch failures, manifest cuts, and budget choices - could timing and politics keep it grounded?
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