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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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 ...
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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Detects Perseverance Rover During A Flight
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity seen flying during a fight. The Perseverance rover can be seen in the distance during the flight in an enhanced color image. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA ...
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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Takes Off And Spins As Perseverance Watches
NASA Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z captured the Ingenuity helicopter's 54th flight on Mars. A camera onboard Ingenuity snapped a mid-air view of the rover. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/ ...
NASA says this enormous construction in China is slowing down Earth
NASAs research links Chinas Three Gorges Dam to a slight slowing of Earths rotation, caused by the redistribution of mass in ...
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 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 ...