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ISRO announces plans to make India the third country to reach Mars, draws inspiration from NASA’s probes
ISRO is all set for the historic Mangalyaan-2 mission where the space agency will land a rover and …
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NASA's Mars helicopter broke during a mysterious communication blackout. Now it will never fly again.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has flown its last flight on Mars after defying all expectations. What …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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I pilot NASA's first and only Mars helicopter. My job can be like a video game, but not the kind with a joystick.
Håvard Grip wasn't super into Mars or space as a kid, but now he flies the first interplanetary hel…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA engineers expected their Mars helicopter to crash after 5 liftoffs. It just landed its 15th flight.
Engineers weren't sure if NASA's Ingenuity helicopter would even lift off on Mars. But the drone ha…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A NASA helicopter took photos of wreckage from a rover that landed on Mars. It's yet another example of how humans are polluting other worlds.
The 4-pound chopper, the first aircraft to take flight on another world, snapped pictures of the Pe…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The 10 flights of NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter in one chart
Ingenuity has traveled more than a mile in total. Its recent flights have taken the little drone ov…
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Mars helicopter has now flown successfully 8 times, beaming back photos that look like a sci-fi film
The Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, sitting where the Perseverance rover dropped it, April 5, 2021.NA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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2 stunning panoramas show life on Mars through the eyes and ears of NASA's Perseverance rover
A 360-degree video captures the sound of Mars' windy atmosphere. Another panorama gives a look at t…
Aria Bendix
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Ingenuity has done it again: NASA's Mars helicopter landed in a new spot it had never seen before
Ingenuity had never seen this new airfield before, but it landed safely anyway. The helicopter has …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Perseverance rover has been on Mars 100 days. Its best photos show mysterious rocks, false rainbows, and helicopter flights.
Perseverance took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter on April 6, 2021.NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Seá…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A mid-air error led NASA's Mars helicopter to tilt wildly back and forth in its latest flight - but it landed safely
Ingenuity lost just one navigation photo, but that made it tilt back and forth in the air on the wa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aria Bendix
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NASA's Mars helicopter will attempt a perilous landing in unknown territory during its first 'bonus' flight this week
Ingenuity has embarked on a fresh mission to scout Martian terrain. Its next flight will take it to…
Aria Bendix
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just flew to a new Martian airfield to start a new mission
Ingenuity is shattering milestones that NASA engineers once thought impossible. It flew higher than…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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For the first time, you can hear the sound of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flying on Mars
Ingenuity has surprised NASA scientists with its first four flights. Now, as it begins a new missio…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Mars helicopter shattered previous records in its fourth aerial adventure
The Ingenuity helicopter is starting to scout uncharted Martian terrain in a surprise second missio…
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA is giving its Ingenuity helicopter a surprise second mission on Mars
Ingenuity's flights have gone so well that NASA has completely changed its plans. The helicopter ge…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just failed to lift off from the Martian surface, but it will try again on Friday
Ingenuity didn't get off the ground for its ambitious fourth flight. NASA engineers have just a wee…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just flew sideways over the Martian surface in its second aerial adventure
Ingenuity is moving fast after its first flight. Future attempts will go further and faster as NASA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Mars helicopter nailed its 10th flight - double what engineers had hoped Ingenuity would do
Flight 10 is a significant milestone: Ingenuity has now flown twice as many times as NASA engineers…
Aria Bendix
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NASA's Ingenuity team is planning to push the helicopter as fast and far as it will go - even if it crashes
The Ingenuity team aims to push the space drone to the extremes. They don't expect it to survive, t…