The small rotorcraft’s “Wright brothers moment” is two Mars days away.
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NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science
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The mission has concluded that the solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years on...
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NASA to Attempt First Controlled Flight on Mars As Soon As Monday
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A livestream will begin at 3:15 a.m. PDT that morning as the helicopter team prepares to receive the data...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes 50th Flight
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The history-making rotorcraft has recently been negotiating some of the most hazardous terrain it’s encountered on the...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
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Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be...
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NASA’s Pioneering Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Awarded Collier Trophy
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The first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet has garnered an award whose past recipients make...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Video of Record Flight
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Imagery has come down from Mars capturing a recent fight in which the rotorcraft flew farther and faster than...
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NASA’s Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars’ Watery Past
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Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of...
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My Favorite Martian Image: the Ridges of ‘South Séítah’
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NASA’s Perseverance rover captures a geologic feature with details that offer clues to the area’s mysterious past. Read More
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