NASA's Martian helicopter promises unprecedented views of the red planet
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.
The Mars Helicopter That Survived 72 Flights and Changed Planetary Exploration
Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...
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NASA will announce update to Mars sample return plans today. Here's how to listen in
NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...
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JPL Offers Sneak Peek at Ingenuity Helicopter's Possible Successor
JPL believes the Chopper could be the ideal way to get powerful scientific instruments into areas rovers would be unable to access. Ingenuity was tethered to Perseverance for communication, but the ...
NASA warns: China’s Three Gorges Dam could slow Earth’s rotation by 0.06 seconds; here’s how
NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 ...
NASA asked for cheaper ways to get Mars samples. It had one all along.
Recent exceptional rock discoveries have only mounted pressure on NASA to solve the problems facing its Mars Sample Return mission, its plan to fly bits of rock, dust, and air collected by ...
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NASA has just two Mars Sample Return mission lander options left
JPL's sky crane tech or private vendor to get $5-7 billion contract, before hitching lift back to Earth with ESA ...
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NASA Introduces Mars Chopper to Expand Mars Exploration Following Ingenuity's Success
NASA has revealed the Mars Chopper, an advanced aerial vehicle designed to take Mars exploration to new heights. This ...
This is how NASA aims to bring Mars rock and soil samples at a cheaper and faster rate
NASA proposes a quicker, cost-effective plan to bring Mars samples to Earth by 2030, reducing the mission cost from $11 ...
NASA studies options to rein in cost of Mars Sample Return mission
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.