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NASA has released an image showing that the space agency’s Perseverance Mars rover has successfully retrieved its first rock drill sample for return to Earth. Taken by the Mastcam-Z camera on September 1, the image shows a drill bit holding a pencil-th… Continue reading Perseverance rover captures core Earth-return sample on second attempt
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has successfully flown for the fifth time. The tiny autonomous rotorcraft lifted off from Wright Brother Field in Jezero Crater on the Red Planet for a 108-second flight that took it on a one-way trip to a new airfield … Continue reading Ingenuity Mars Helicopter makes first one-way trip on fifth test flight
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has again set new records, flying farther and faster than ever on its third test flight on the Red Planet. Taking off from Wright Brothers Field in Jezero Crater on April 25 at 4:31 am EDT, the robotic rotorcraft reache… Continue reading Ingenuity flies farther and faster than ever on third test flight
NASA’s Ingenuity is no longer just the world’s most expensive hobby helicopter. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given an official flight designator and call-sign codes for the robotic rotorcraft and the Wright Brothers Field in… Continue reading Ingenuity Mars helicopter gets official international call-sign
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter made history again today by flying horizontally for the first time. At 5:33 am EDT, the tissue-box-sized rotorcraft lifted off from what’s been dubbed “Wright Brother’s Field” on the Red Planet and flew for 51.9 seconds… Continue reading Ingenuity helicopter makes first controlled horizontal flight on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has notched up another first by extracting oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. On April 20, 2021, the toaster-sized Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) converted carbon dioxide into about 5.4 grams… Continue reading Perseverance makes oxygen on Mars for the first time
When you stop to think about the history of flight, it really is amazing that the first successful flight the Wright brothers made on a North Carolina beach to Neil …read more Continue reading The Wright Stuff: First Powered Flight on Mars Is a Success
NASA’s Ingenuity robotic helicopter has survived its first night on the surface of Mars. After being deployed on Martian soil by the Perseverance rover, the miniature rotorcraft had to keep itself warm through the night for the first time using only it… Continue reading Ingenuity robotic helicopter survives its first Martian night
It’s always fun to look over aerial and satellite maps of places we know, seeing a perspective different from our usual ground level view. We lose that context when it’s …read more Continue reading Putting Perseverance Rover’s View Into Satellite View Context
NASA says it plans for its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to make its first flight on the Red Planet on April 8 or later, depending on weather conditions and preflight tests. If successful, it will be will the first powered, controlled flight on another pla… Continue reading NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter readies for first flight on Mars