China Wants To Make Own Mars Helicopter That Looks Like Ingenuity Rover

Medicine & Technology Sep 02, 2021

China's National Space Science Center (CNNSC) has unveiled a "Mars cruise drone" prototype that appears to be quite similar with NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter.

NASA Perseverance Rover Completes 'Substantially Risky' 12th Flight

Aug 17, 2021

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has already made a dozen flights on Mars, rising at 32.8 feet above the surface for 169 seconds!

NASA's Next Mars Helicopter Will Be 'Bigger and Better' Than Ingenuity, Experts Say

Aug 13, 2021

NASA has released a whitepaper that details a design for what might be the new 'Mars Science Helicopter' with a robotic arm and six blades.

NASA's Mars Ingenuity Rover About to Drill Rock As Ingenuity Helicopter Notches 11th Flight

Aug 06, 2021

NASA's robotic rover Perseverance prepared to drill its first rock sample after the Ingenuity helicopter successfully flew on its 11th flight.

NASA's Perseverance Rover Reveals First Martian Rock Sampling Location

Jul 31, 2021

NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to collect its first Martian rock sample a year after its launch. The rock sample will be brought back to Earth in a joint NASA and ESA mission as early as 2031.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Has Now Flown Over One Mile, Capturing Images to Help Perseverance Rover

Jul 26, 2021

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has now flown over one mile, marking its successful tenth flight on the Red Planet. It has taken photos of Raised Ridges that Perseverance rover might soon be visiting.

Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Completes Its Most Nerve-Wracking Flight Ever

Jul 06, 2021

NASA announced on Monday Ingenuity successfully completed its ninth and "most challenging" flight yet.

Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Marks the Success of Its 8th Test Flight

Jun 24, 2021

NASA is not sharing many details about Ingenuity's eighth test flight, what it has said is that the helicopter flew for 77.4 seconds over a distance of 160 meters.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Utilizing Bright Computing for Its Mars Missions

Jun 09, 2021

Bright Computing recently announced that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory or JPL of NASA chose Bright Cluster Manager for JPL's latest clustered environment in its research and development lab.

NASA Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Survives 7th Flight As It Lands in a Place Never Seen Sefore

Jun 09, 2021

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter successfully completed its seventh flight on Mars. The space helicopter landed in a new airfield that had only been imaged by a Mars-orbiting spacecraft.

NASA Commands Martian Muck-Covered InSight Lander to Tidy Up; A Trick Developed for Sedentary Probe

Jun 03, 2021

NASA recently announced it has taken a step for the sedentary probe by commanding its Martian muck-covered InSight lander to tidy up.

Why Did Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Suffer Glitch During Its 6th Flight?

May 31, 2021

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experienced a bit of a software glitch during its sixth flight across the desolate Martian surface.

Birth of World's Newest Volcano Holds Insight on Martian Environments

May 24, 2021

The birth of the world's newest volcano isn't only providing clues to the secrets of the world but also hosts the perfect inhospitable environment to replicate the Martian environment.

NASA Extends Mars Helicopter Mission After 5th Successful Test Flights

May 09, 2021

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter nailed its last scheduled flight. But it’s not goodbye yet as the space agency gave a new mission.

NASA Shares Ingenuity Helicopter Humming Through Red Planet's Thin Air as It Completes 5th Flight

May 09, 2021

First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.