The first helicopter on Mars is officially on Martian soil. NASA announced late Saturday (April 4) that the Mars helicopter Ingenuity touched down on the surface of the Red Planet after being dropped by its mother ship, the Perseverance rover. … Read More
The board is set. The pieces are almost in motion. This week NASA provided the first shot of Ingenuity, a miniature Mars helicopter. Here it’s seen stowed sideways, folded up and locked in place.The helicopter is nearly ready to make … Read More
Stunning new images of spidery frost deposits and deep canyons on Mars, as well as new gas discoveries, have rocked the science world for a month full of news on the Red Planet as a total of three new Mars … Read More
Perseverance’s SuperCam instrument recorded the first acoustic audio of laser impacts on a rock target on Mars on March 2, 2021, the 12th sol (Martian day). According to a lot of sci-fi fans, space lasers sound like “pew pew pew.” … Read More
The rover just barely moved from its landing site, but it’s sending a steady stream of visual data that is freely available to anyone to play with. Mars rover 2020 Perseverance landed in Crater Lake on the Red Planet less … Read More
The first helicopter on another Planet sent a signal to the control center after the rover Perseverance touched down at Jezero Crater on Mars on February 18th. The first helicopter ever sent to another planet is doing well on Mars after surviving … Read More