NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to set records, flying faster and farther on Sunday, April 25,…
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Ingenuity Makes Its Second Flight Over Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully completed its second Mars flight on April 22 – the 18th sol,…
Perseverance Extracts Its First Oxygen From The Martian Atmosphere
The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes…
Combined Airborne Wind and Photovoltaic Energy System for Martian Habitats
Generating renewable energy on Mars is technologically challenging. Firstly, because compared to Earth, key energy resources…
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight
Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled…
InSight Detects Two Sizable Quakes on Mars
NASA’s InSight lander has detected two strong, clear quakes originating in a location of Mars called…
Curiosity Rover Explores Stratigraphy Of Gale Crater
Gale Crater’s central sedimentary mound (Aeolis Mons or, informally, Mount Sharp) is a 5.5-km-tall remnant of…
New Research Shows That Mars Did Not Dry Up All At Once
While attention has been focused on the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last month, its…
NASA’s Mars Helicopter to Make First Flight Attempt Sunday
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity’s first attempt at powered, controlled…
Perseverance’s Selfie With Ingenuity
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet…