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’s Insight Mars Lander is ‘in crisis’ and has entered emergency hibernation
NASA’s $ 800 million Mars lander is in an energy crisis. InSight, which landed on a Martian plain called Elysium Planitia in 2018, detected more than 500 earthquakes on Mars, felt more …
Read More »“Important Milestone”: NASA’s Ingenuity Mini Helicopter Spends First Night Alone on the Freezing Surface of Mars Before Historic Flight Attempt
NASA’s Ingenuity mini helicopter has survived its first night alone on the icy surface of Mars, the US space agency said. hailing it as “an important milestone” for the little craft as …
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 »China’s Mars probe just sent haunting photos of the red planet
China’s Mars probe, Tianwen-1, has been hovering around Mars in a parking orbit for nearly two full months, preparing for its landing in May. But it’s not just about sitting there in …
Read More »New sneaky bacteria on the ISS could build a future on Mars
In mid-March, NASA Researchers announced that they had found an unknown life form hidden aboard the International Space Station. And they were fine with it. In fact, for an organization known for …
Read More »NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Historic Flight into Another World
In a ruined crater on Mars, a tiny helicopter with a smartphone brain is now days away from attempting the first powered flight on another world. NASA hopes its lanky robot helicopter, …
Read More »Turquoise rock found on the surface of Mars by a NASA rover
NASA’s rover on Mars has made a “strange” and fascinating find on the Red Planet: a small greenish rock full of craters. Wednesday’s discovery has now prompted the instruments of perseverance to …
Read More »Bad astronomy | NASA’s InSight lander has felt earthquakes on Mars
NASA’s Mars InSight lander just detected two more relatively large earthquakes on the Red Planet, and they came from the direction of a very interesting region known to be tectonically active. This …
Read More »Every step taken is ‘uncharted territory’
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter targets not earlier than April 8 the first attempt at power and controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. At a press conference Tuesday, members of the …
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