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NASA Reschedules First Ingenuity Flight on Mars for April 19
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the…
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NASA Mission Control Tracks Ingenuity Flight on Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter standing on the surface of Mars, imaged by Perseverance rover.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will attempt to…
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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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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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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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Mars Rover Landing Site Named After Sci-Fi Legend Octavia Butler
The Perseverance landing site on Mars is now named Octavia E. Butler Landing. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona That magical spot…
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