How NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter shook off Martian dust to fly again
As NASA’s Mars helicopter gears up for its 20th flight, the space agency explains how it overcame two recent challenges that could have left Ingenuity grounded.
All the things the Perseverance rover has achieved in its first year on Mars
It’s been one year since NASA’s Perseverance rover made its remarkable landing on Mars. Twelve months on, NASA has shared a roundup of the rover’s achievements.
Relive NASA’s extraordinary Mars rover landing, one year on
Enjoy again the amazing footage showing the moment when NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on the surface of Mars in February 2020.
NASA highlights amazing ‘super bowls’ in our solar system
On the day of America’s most-watched sporting event, NASA has posted 10 impressively super, bowl-shaped venues adorning worlds in our solar system.
Otherworldly Mars image shows ripples sculpted by dust devils
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a hauntingly beautiful image of the surface of Mars, showing how the landscape there is sculpted by winds.
NASA’s Mars drone nails its first flight of 2022
Following several delays due to dust storms, NASA’s record-setting Ingenuity Mars helicopter has finally taken its first flight of 2022.
NASA reveals big decision for Mars Sample Return mission
NASA has taken a major step forward in its effort to bring Mars samples to Earth by awarding the contract for the Mars Ascent Vehicle.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover breaks 17-year-old driving record
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently drove a record distance on a single solar day across the surface of Mars, smashing the record set by another rover in 2005.
Future Mars helicopter flights could make the air glow blue
That the blades of drones cutting through the thin atmosphere on Mars could cause the air around them to glow.
Water could have been on Mars more recently than we thought
Recent data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests there could have been water on Mars as recently as 2 billion years ago.