NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Readies For 14th Flight; Will Flying This Copter Challenging?

Medicine & Technology Sep 23, 2021

The NASA Ingenuity helicopter is gearing up for its 14th mission to Mars, but the thin Martian air is making such missions increasingly difficult.

Mars Allegedly Has Ancient Water, NASA Perseverance Rover Claim Based on First Rock Samples

Sep 13, 2021

The first rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance rover might be volcanic and contain small bubbles of ancient Martian water.

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Successfully Collects 2nd Rock This Week

Sep 09, 2021

For the second time around, NASA's Perseverance Rover has successfully gathered a sample of Martian rock.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finally Drills First-Ever Rock From Red Planet

Sep 03, 2021

For the first time, NASA's Perseverance rover successfully dug a sample from a rock on Mars. The space agency wants to gather more samples and bring them back to Earth to analyze later.

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

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 Perseverance Mars Rover's Collected Rock Sample Mysteriously Disappeared, Here's What Happened

Aug 11, 2021

NASA Perseverance rover tried to collect its first Mars rock sample but disappeared. The space agency believes that the rock responded in an unexpected way, rather than the rover making a mistake.

NASA Perseverance Rover's 1st Attempt to Collect Mars Samples Failed

Aug 08, 2021

NASA said the Perseverance rover's first attempt to get rock samples in Mars didn't go according to plan.

NASA Wants You to Live in Mars Without Leaving Earth! Here's How to Apply!

Aug 07, 2021

NASA is looking for healthy people to join a yearlong mission in “Mars surface simulations."

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.

Mars Curiosity Rover Detects Whimsical Rocks on Red Planet

Aug 03, 2021

Curiosity discovered a small sculpted rock arch that defies gravity on Mars.

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.

Signs of Life on Mars Deleted? NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins the Hunt

Jul 21, 2021

Some of the rock records of the Red Planet have been washed away by super salty brine, essentially ‘resetting’ it, NASA said.

Is NASA Perseverance Rover Ready to Look For Evidence of Life on Mars?

Jul 07, 2021

NASA Perseverance Rover rover has been undergoing systems tests, or commissioning, and supporting the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s month of flight tests.