Pasadena CA (JPL) May 01, 2021 - The Red Planet rotorcraft will shift focus from proving flight is possible on Mars to demonstrating flight operations that future aerial craft could utilize. NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter h
Glasgow, Scotland (The Conversation) Apr 30, 2021 - For the first few months of 2021, the Martian atmosphere was buzzing with new visitors from Earth. First, it was the UAE Space Agency's Hope probe, followed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 entering orbit.
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2021 - 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.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2021 - 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.
Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2021 - Imagine trying to pick up a pebble or scrape microbes off a cave wall in a bulky spacesuit with puffy gloves on, under a time constraint because you don't want to run out of oxygen. That's what the
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2021 - NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter missed its fourth scheduled flight on Thursday, with the space agency blaming a software glitch and vowing to try again the next day.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 29, 2021 - Now that NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has accomplished the goal of achieving powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on the Red Planet, and with data from its most recent flight test, on April
Beijing (XNA) Apr 29, 2021 - If it touches down safely on the red planet and works as planned, the Tianwen 1 rover will be the sixth such vehicle deployed on Mars, following five predecessors launched by the United States.
Lake Salda, Turkey (AFP) April 28, 2021 - Boasting azure waters and white sands, a Turkish lake that NASA thinks hides secrets about Mars threatens to become too popular for its own good.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2021 - NASA released images of the parachute and backshell that helped the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter land on Mars last year.
Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 27, 2021 - One of the great mysteries of modern space science is neatly summed up by the view from NASA's Perseverance, which just landed on Mars: Today it's a desert planet, and yet the rover is sitting right
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2021 - NASA completed the third successful flight of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday.
New York (AFP) April 25, 2021 - NASA's mini helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday successfully completed its third flight on Mars, moving farther and faster than ever before, with a peak speed of 6.6 feet per second.
Beijing (XNA) Apr 24, 2021 - China named its first Mars rover Zhurong, a fire god in ancient Chinese legend, on Saturday. Announced at the opening ceremony of 2021 China Space Conference in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, th
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2021 - The SEIS seismometer package from the Mars InSight lander has collected its first continuous Martian year of data, revealing some surprises among the more than 500 marsquakes detected so far.
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Apr 23, 2021 - On February 18, 2021, NASA's rover Perseverance touched down on the surface of Mars to begin searching for evidence of past life. The success of this touchdown would not have been possible without t
