NASA names target date for first Mars helicopter flight
NASA has confirmed that it’s a short time away from seeing its Ingenuity Mars helicopter become the first aircraft to fly on another planet.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity is getting ready for its first flight
NASA has announced that it plans to begin Ingenuity’s test flights in the first week of April, depending on vehicle positioning and other details.
Listen to the first-ever recording of a NASA rover driving on Mars
NASA has released the first-ever recording of a rover driving across the surface of Mars, and it sounds unlike any vehicle you’ve heard before.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has 23 different cameras. Here’s what they do
NASA’s latest Mars rover — Perseverance — is its most advanced to date, carrying with it a plethora of technology that includes 23 cameras. Here’s what they do.
See and hear the first science results from Perseverance’s SuperCam instrument
The Perseverance rover is now exploring Mars and its SuperCam was used to snap a close-up image of a rock and to take an audio recording.
NASA lays groundwork for ambitious Mars Sample Return mission
NASA’s Perseverance rover is yet to collect any rock and soil on the red planet, but already the space agency is working hard on the Mars Sample Return mission.
Watch Perseverance rover pulling its first moves on Mars
After two weeks of health checks on the Martian surface, NASA’s Perseverance rover is close to beginning its hunt for signs of past life on the far-off planet.
NASA’s Perseverance has a little ‘family portrait’ Easter egg
In 1972, astronaut Charles Duke left a family portrait on the moon. Now, almost 50 years later, another NASA employee keeps its own family close. The Perseverance rover made its…
NASA’s Mars orbiter captures image of Perseverance’s parachute phase
As the spacecraft carrying Perseverance descended toward the Martian surface last week, it was being tracked by another spacecraft about 400 miles away.
Perseverance photo shows the moment its spacecraft crash landed
A new image from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows the moment the descent stage, which delivered it to the Martian surface, performed a planned crash landing.