Flight 19 – New Year, Same Ingenuity
The next flight on Mars marks the first of 2022 and the nineteenth for NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. The current ...
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An icy spring at the Martian South Pole
In addition to its enormous volcanoes, huge rift valley systems, and dried-up crater lakes and river valleys, the ice caps ...
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity notches 18th flight
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity traveled 754 feet at 5.6 mph on its 18th flight on the Red Planet, NASA has ...
How NASA's Psyche Mission Will Explore an Unexplored World
Launching in August 2022 and arriving at the asteroid belt in 2026, NASA's Psyche spacecraft will orbit a world we ...
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
Scientists with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that the bedrock their six-wheeled explorer has been driving on since ...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
The 17th flight of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on Dec. 5 pushed the total flight time past the 30-minute mark. ...
To Seitah and Back
Six months ago, we began the dedicated investigation of the Jezero crater floor, and now in December 2021 we are ...
Mars helicopter Ingenuity ready to fly again as radio link is restored
NASA has regained its radio link with the Mars helicopter Ingenuity and plans its 18th flight on the Red Planet ...
BWXT Delivers Fuel to NASA to Support Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
BWX Technologies, Inc. has reached a critical milestone in the nation's pursuit of space nuclear propulsion by delivering coated reactor ...
NASA begins testing robotics to bring first samples back from Mars
Testing has already begun on what would be the most sophisticated endeavor ever attempted at the Red Planet: bringing rock ...