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NASA Helicopter Ingenuity Takes Its First Color Photo on Mars
Ingenuity’s first color photo taken on Mars. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech Well, we’ve seen better photos of Mars, but this one’s special…
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Landed on the Surface of Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is one step closer to taking its first flight on Mars. On Saturday, the space agency announced…
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Check Out NASA’s Martian Helicopter With Its Four Legs Unfurled
Dangling inches above the Martian surface, Ingenuity’s four legs can be seen fully outstretched. Perseverance captured this image with its…
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NASA’s ‘Other’ Mars Rover Sends Back a Selfie to Remind Us It Still Exists
Curiosity took this selfie, with Mont Mercou in the background, on March 26, 2021. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The newly landed Perseverance…
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NASA Reveals Its Plan for First Helicopter Flight on Mars
A mock-up of the helicopter in flight over Jezero Crater on Mars.Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech So far, human exploration on Mars has…
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Lego NASA Space Shuttle With Hubble Telescope Is Very Detailed
Image: Lego Toys and CollectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives, and other merchandise. Beware: if you look here, you’re probably going to…
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Here’s 16 Minutes of Perseverance Rover Going Kssst, Tiktik, and Pffft
A shot from Perseverance’s roost in Jezero, with rover tracks at bottom.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech Three weeks ago, Earthlings sat agog by…
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ISS Ditches 2.9-Ton Pallet of Batteries, Creating Its Most Massive Piece of Space Trash
The external pallet packed with old nickel-hydrogen batteries, photographed shortly after being released by the Canadarm2 robotic arm. The object…
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SpaceX Launches the Same Falcon 9 Rocket for a Ninth Flight
Photo: SpaceX (Getty Images) SpaceX successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets into space for a record ninth time…
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Hear Lasers Zap Rocks on Mars in Perseverance’s Latest Dispatch
Mosaic view of a Martian rock dubbed “Yeehgo,” captured by the SuperCam instrument on the Perseverance rover. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/ASU/MSSS Unprecedented…
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