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Plans underway for Ingenuity’s 6th flight
Plans are underway for NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make its sixth flight on the Red Planet in the next week.
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Salts could be important piece of Martian organic puzzle
A NASA team has found that organic, or carbon-containing, salts are likely present on Mars, with implications for the Red Planet's past habitability.
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On its first try, China’s Zhurong rover hit a Mars milestone
China's Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet.
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China’s Tianwen-1 probe sends back Mars landing visuals
Two photos and two videos captured by China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 during and after the country's first landing on the red planet were released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Wednesday.
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Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos
Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week.
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Perseverance, Hope and a fire god: a history of Mars rovers
China's probe to Mars touched down on the Red Planet Saturday to deploy its Zhurong rover, during a busy time for Martian exploration.
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Seeing NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Fly in 3D
When NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took to the Martian skies on its third flight on April 25, the agency's Perseverance rover was there to capture the historic moment.
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Perseverance’s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science
NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy serving as a communications base station for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter and documenting the rotorcraft's historic flights.
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Chinese rover detects water existed on Mars more recently than thought
Nearly one year after landing on Mars, scientists say China's Zhurong rover collected data indicating water may have existed on the planet over a longer period of time than previously thought.
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Perseverance rover captures sound of Ingenuity flying on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time captured the low-pitched whirring of the Ingenuity helicopter's blades as it flies through the rarefied Martian atmosphere.
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Why Ingenuity’s fifth flight will be different
Around the time of our first flight, we talked a lot about having our "Wright brothers moment" at Mars.
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Volcanoes on Mars could be active, raise possibility of recent habitable conditions
Evidence of recent volcanic activity on Mars shows that eruptions could have taken place within the past 50,000 years, a paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist David Horvath says.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter to begin new demonstration phase
The Red Planet rotorcraft will shift focus from proving flight is possible on Mars to demonstrating flight operations that future aerial craft could utilize.
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NASA extends Mars helicopter mission to assist rover
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has been so successful, the space agency on Friday said it would extend the mission so the mini-aircraft can act as a scout for the rover Perseverance.
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How Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet
For the first few months of 2021, the Martian atmosphere was buzzing with new visitors from Earth.
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Mars Ingenuity helicopter given new scouting mission
After proving powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has new orders: scout ahead of the Perseverance rover to assist in its search for past signs of microbial life.