NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoom cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU NASA has given an …
Read More »NASA helicopter ingenuity takes its first color photo on Mars
The first color photo of Ingenuity taken on Mars. Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech Well, we’ve seen better photos of Mars, but this one is special because it was taken by NASA’s Ingenuity …
Read More »NASA reveals its plan for the first helicopter flight on Mars
A mock-up of the helicopter in flight over the Jezero crater on Mars.Illustration: NASA / JPL-Caltech So far, human exploration on Mars has been measured in the circular motion of orbiters over …
Read More »The Mars Rover landing site is named after science fiction legend Octavia Butler
Perseverance’s landing site on Mars is now called Octavia E. Butler Landing. Picture: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona That magical place in Jezero Crater where NASA’s Perseverance rover made its …
Read More »Satellite detects NASA’s new rover and its garbage from orbit of Mars
Image from ExoMars showing Perseverance’s landing site on Mars. Picture: ESA / Roscosmos / CaSSIS; recognition P. Grindrod The Perseverance rover, along with various components used during the recent landing, have been …
Read More »NASA’s rover transmits the first sounds recorded on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded and sent the first audio from the surface of Mars. The audio clips were released Monday along with new video footage of the rover when it landed …
Read More »The 5 biggest tech glitches on Mars
Efforts to get the mole operational in July 2019. The effort was abandoned in January 2021.Gif: NASA / JPL-Caltech The most recent disappointment on the Red Planet is the mole saga, also …
Read More »Watch the Perseverance Rover Mars Landing live stream
Representation of the aeroshell containing the Perseverance rover. Picture: NASA / JPL-Caltech After a seven-month trip to the Red Planet, the Perseverance rover is finally ready to land on Mars. We’ve got …
Read More »How to see the Mars Rover landing
NASA’s latest Mars rover launched into space last summer, and after almost seven months of space travel he is now on his final descent to the Red Planet. Mars 2020 Perseverance The …
Read More »NASA is launching a new rover to Mars. This is what could go wrong
Rendering of the Perseverance landing, with the rover still attached to the rear shell and the retrorockets activated for powered descent. Illustration: NASA / JPL-Caltech Failure could take many forms next week …
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