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Watch the Ingenuity Helicopter Zoom Across Mars in 3D
Watch the Ingenuity Helicopter Zoom Across Mars in 3D

13 May 2021, 08:31 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA published a 3D video of Ingenuity's third historic flight on Mars. The Perseverance rover captured the moment and documented it with its Mastcam-Z imager.

 
NASA Perseverance Rover Flexes Robotic Arm for Science
NASA Perseverance Rover Flexes Robotic Arm for Science

12 May 2021, 07:38 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The rover is studying how rocks formed in search for the signs of past microbial life.Scientists are studying when an ancient lake formed in the Jezero Crater.

 
Space Rover Evo-03 Rendering Looks like a Tesla Cybertruck-Combine Hybrid
Space Rover Evo-03 Rendering Looks like a Tesla Cybertruck-Combine Hybrid

11 May 2021, 15:42 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Unless you're the kind of person who can't say no to a challenge, the thought of going to Mars must be pretty scary; this "Rover" would make it more bearable

 
Ingenuity Helicopter Hits Another Record for Its One-Way Flight to New Base
Ingenuity Helicopter Hits Another Record for Its One-Way Flight to New Base

9 May 2021, 10:26 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The little aircraft successfully landed at its new location on May 7th. The fifth flight marked the transition to its new aerial scouting job.

 
Perseverance Rover Hears Ingenuity's Fourth Flight on Mars
Perseverance Rover Hears Ingenuity's Fourth Flight on Mars

8 May 2021, 07:36 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA’s Perseverance rover made history as being the first spacecraft to record sounds from another spacecraft on the Red Planet.

 
Recent Volcanic Activity on Mars Hints at Possibility of Life
Recent Volcanic Activity on Mars Hints at Possibility of Life

7 May 2021, 12:57 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / A new study realized by researchers at the University of Arizona suggests that microbial life could have existed relatively recently on Mars.

 
NASA Curiosity Sends Back a 360 View of Mars While Atop of Mont Mercou
NASA Curiosity Sends Back a 360 View of Mars While Atop of Mont Mercou

6 May 2021, 13:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / To remind us that it is still very much active,Curiosity rover send us a postcard.The image was stitched together from 132 individual images taken on April 15

 
NASA Ingenuity to Perform Scouting Flights on Mars
NASA Ingenuity to Perform Scouting Flights on Mars

3 May 2021, 12:49 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Igenuity Helicopter will begin a new demonstration phase after its sixth test flight will be completed. It will perform one-way missions as a scout.

 
There’s a Mars Rover Hiding in This Photo Taken by the Mars Helicopter
There’s a Mars Rover Hiding in This Photo Taken by the Mars Helicopter

28 Apr 2021, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Ingenuity helicopter took a number of photos during its last flight on Mars, and in one of them, the Perseverance rover can be seen

 
Ingenuity Helicopter Gets Official ICAO Designator From Earth, It’s IGY
Ingenuity Helicopter Gets Official ICAO Designator From Earth, It’s IGY

26 Apr 2021, 15:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The International Civil Aviation Organization gives the Ingenuity helicopter a call sign, Ingenuity, and a designator, IGY

 
Ingenuity Moves Faster Over Mars Than It Ever Did on Earth
Ingenuity Moves Faster Over Mars Than It Ever Did on Earth

26 Apr 2021, 12:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars for the third time, and this time, it managed to reach a top speed of around 4.5 mph (7.2 kph)

 
The Mars Multi-Purpose Building Is Striking, Inspired by the Red Planet
The Mars Multi-Purpose Building Is Striking, Inspired by the Red Planet

26 Apr 2021, 11:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Architecture firm Moon Hoon was commissioned by a very special client to build a three-story structure that would stand out; Mars does just that

 
Tracks Made by Perseverance Show Up in the First Aerial Color Photo of Mars
Tracks Made by Perseverance Show Up in the First Aerial Color Photo of Mars

26 Apr 2021, 07:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Ingenuity helicopter took the first ever color photo of the Martian soil from a height of 17 feet (5.2 meters), image shows track marks made by Perseverance

 
“A Bunch of People Will Die” Going to Mars, Elon Musk Says
“A Bunch of People Will Die” Going to Mars, Elon Musk Says

26 Apr 2021, 05:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Not that this should surprise anyone, but landing on Mars and then colonizing the Red Planet will not come without loss of human life

 
Sound the Alarm: Extended Space Missions Will Impact Astronauts’ Mental Health
Sound the Alarm: Extended Space Missions Will Impact Astronauts’ Mental Health

23 Apr 2021, 08:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / New study attempts to predict the psychological toll of space exploration by looking at personnel at research centers in Antarctica, and the conclusions are bad

 
NASA’s Ingenuity Rises Off the Martian Ground for the Second Time
NASA’s Ingenuity Rises Off the Martian Ground for the Second Time

22 Apr 2021, 16:17 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that the Mars Ingenuity helicopter logged off its second flight on the red planet successfully.

 
There’s a Bit of Oxygen Now on Mars, and It Was Made by Perseverance
There’s a Bit of Oxygen Now on Mars, and It Was Made by Perseverance

22 Apr 2021, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perseverance rover's Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment generated five grams of oxygen on Mars by splitting carbon dioxide

 
If Man Is to Colonize Mars, NASA Needs Guidelines on Burial Rituals
If Man Is to Colonize Mars, NASA Needs Guidelines on Burial Rituals

19 Apr 2021, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What happens to the body when someone dies in space? It remains a question NASA is yet incapable of answering, but it will have to, and soon

 
NASA's Ingenuity Takes Off on Mars, Snaps Photo of Its Shadow
NASA's Ingenuity Takes Off on Mars, Snaps Photo of Its Shadow

19 Apr 2021, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Ingenuity helicopter managed the first-ever "powered, controlled flight on another planet," opening the doors to a flood of possibilities for the future

 
Ingenuity Is Fixed, Spins Blades Before April 19 Fight
Ingenuity Is Fixed, Spins Blades Before April 19 Fight

19 Apr 2021, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA will try and get the Ingenuity helicopter airborne on Mars on Monday, April 19, after it managed to fix the existing issues