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NASA can't find the Mars rock sample that the Perseverance rover drilled - it mysteriously disappeared
Last week, Perseverance was finally ready to collect the first sample in its search for ancient Mar…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Perseverance rover is driving itself around Mars using an enhanced auto-navigation system
Perseverance's AutoNav system lets it take charge of its drive around Mars without heavily relying …
Zahra Tayeb
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Perseverance spotted a mysterious object on Mars last month. It turned out to be the rover's own space litter.
NASA suspects spaghetti-like debris captured by Perseverance's cameras in July is shredded Dacron n…
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-Joh…
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Salt, water and the hunt for life — Here are the biggest discoveries about Mars in the last three months
Earth’s next door neighbour, Mars, is currently humanity’s best bet for settling down on another pl…
Prabhjote Gill
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NASA will pay most of the $9 billion cost of bringing Martian dirt back to Earth
NASA's $2.7 billion Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February, and will bring back Martian soil…
Kevin Reilly
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NASA's Perseverance rover is making a 3-mile road trip across Mars to search for signs of life, dodging sand dunes as it goes
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover will explore the Jezero Crater, collecting rock samples and searchin…
Kate Duffy
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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 Be…
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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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Life detected on Mars might have actually originated in NASA labs, according to an Ivy League scientist
Microbes that may accidentally have been brought to the Red Planet could potentially wreak havoc, a…
Zahra Tayeb
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NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is all set to launch today — interesting facts you may not already know
The Mars Perseverance rover is all set to take off from the National Aeronautics and Space Administ…
Prabhjote Gill
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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 recharges its batteries for the very first time en route to the Red Planet
If successful in its mission on Mars, Ingenuity will be the first chopper to fly on a planet oth…
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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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What is it like to drive the Perseverance rover remotely? A NASA engineer explains the challenges of piloting the vehicle's journey across Mars.
A NASA Perseverance rover driver explains what it's like driving a nuclear-powered machine during a…