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NASA’s Mars helicopter makes second flight
NASA successfully carried out a second flight on Mars on Thursday of its mini helicopter Ingenuity, a 52-second sortie that saw it climb to a height of 16 feet…
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Open Source on Mars: Community powers NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter departed Earth for its 293 million mile trip to Mars aboard the Perseverance Rover last July.
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space physicist explains why a helicopter flew on Mars is a big deal
Yesterday at 9pm Australian Eastern standard time, the Ingenuity helicopter - which landed on Mars with the Perseverance rover in February - took off from the Martian surface.
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Can a new type of glacier on Mars aid future astronauts
On April 21, 1908, near Earth's North Pole, the Arctic explorer Frederick Albert Cook scrawled in his diary a memorable phrase: "We were the only…
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China to announce name of its first Mars rover
China will announce the name of its first Mars rover on the Space Day of China, which falls on April 24, according to the China National Space Administration.
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Mars rover searches for evidence of past life at ancient river delta
NASA's Perseverance rover, searching for evidence of past life on Mars, has completed a 31-Martian-day journey of roughly 3 miles after collecting eight rock-core samples from its first science campaign.
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NASA’s Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight
NASA successfully flew its mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars early Monday, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat the agency likened to "…
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NASA aims for historic helicopter flight on Mars
NASA is hoping to make history early Monday when the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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Ingenuity helicopter successfully flew on Mars: NASA
NASA successfully flew its tiny helicopter Ingenuity on Mars early Monday, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat a top engineer called "…
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Key things to know about NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
NASA has made history by successfully flying the mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, the first powered flight on another planet.
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NASA’s Mars copter flight could happen as soon as Monday
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter could make its first flight over the Red Planet as soon as Monday, the US space agency reported, following a delay of more than a week due to a possible technical issue.
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Mars Ingenuity flight scheduled for Monday, NASA says
NASA has announced that it is targeting Monday for the first flight of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.
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Two paths to first flight on Mars
April 16, on the 154th anniversary of Wilbur Wright's birth, the Ingenuity flight team received information that the helicopter was able to complete a rapid spin test.
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NASA SpaceX Crew-2 ‘Go’ for April 22 Launch
The Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward a planned liftoff at 6:11 a.m.
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Space agencies plan to launch Mars sample return spacecraft by 2026
NASA plans to launch its next mission to Mars in 2026 to pick up rock samples being collected over the next two years and collaborate on their return to Earth by 2031, officials said.
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Work progresses toward Ingenuity’s First Flight on Mars
The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter's rotors.