NASA has delayed the first flight of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity after the vehicle’s last test ended earlier than planned. Ingenuity will now remain planted firmly on the Red Planet’s…
Continue readingNASA is preparing to fly its Mars helicopter Ingenuity on the Red Planet for the first time, and students can join in the excitement by building paper versions of the…
Continue readingFlying on Mars is far from a breeze, but NASA is confident that its little helicopter is up to the challenge. That 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper, named Ingenuity, landed with…
Continue readingNASA is about to make history on the Red Planet with the first controlled, powered flight on another world. This Sunday (April 11), NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is expected to…
Continue readingNASA’s education team hosted a special webcast for students on Thursday (April 8) to talk about the Mars helicopter Ingenuity and its upcoming first flight on the Red Planet. The…
Continue readingTanja Bosak is seeking traces of life in a rock reconnaissance mission. It’s an awesome responsibility, as only the samples she and her team select will be returned to Earth…
Continue readingNASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity is warming up its rotor blades as the team’s engineers undertake final preparations for its first-ever flight on the Red Planet, scheduled for Sunday (April 11)….
Continue readingHumanity’s first helicopter on Mars has been cleared for a historic takeoff. Ingenuity will take to the skies above Jezero Crater Sunday (April 11) on a 40-second flight — roughly…
Continue readingBubble the air in water with a pinch of magnesium and we will get fuel. Credit: Vivek Polshettiwar Excessive CO2 emissions are a major cause of climate change, and hence…
Continue readingThe first helicopter is expected to attempt the first-ever flight on Mars on Sunday (April 11), with NASA unveiling the results a day later, and you can follow it all…
Continue readingBy Krista Charles Mount Sharp on the Martian surface NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/CNES/CNRS/LANL/IRAP/IAS/LPGN Ancient Mars fluctuated between arid and humid periods, before taking on its current dry state. This conclusion comes from the…
Continue readingThe Mars helicopter Ingenuity has unlocked its two rotor blades as preparations continue for the vehicle’s first flight, due to occur no earlier than Sunday (April 11). Ingenuity arrived on…
Continue readingNASA’s Perseverance Mars rover acquired this image of the area in back of it using its Rear Left Hazard Avoidance Camera on April 4, 2021. The “rainbow” is just a…
Continue readingA gorgeous new photo mosaic shows NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter as you’ve never seen them before. Perseverance watches over the little chopper like a doting parent in…
Continue readingOne of the wind sensors aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover can be seen deploying from the mast in this image taken on Mar. 1, 2021, the 10th Martian day, or…
Continue readingFirst discovered more than 20 years ago, “Mars spiders” are not freaky eight-legged aliens. Instead, the term refers to dramatic fractal contours carved into the surface of the red planet,…
Continue readingNASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity is less than a week away from attempting its first flight on the Red Planet and the space agency wants to share the epic feat with…
Continue readingNASA’s first solar-powered helicopter drone has landed on Mars, and it is hoped that it will be able to provide us with never-before-seen images and video of the Red Planet….
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