Although Mars has a lot of wind and dust devils, it’s not really famous for its clouds like Earth is. This is one of the reasons why NASA’s Curiosity rover’s images of Martian clouds are so beautiful. Scientists had noticed … Read More
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured a dramatic image last month of Curiosity ascending Mont Mercou, a landform on the slopes of the Red Planet’s 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharp. The image was taken on April 18 by MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science … Read More
We’ve already seen NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter fly on Mars — and now we can hear it, too. The whirring of Ingenuity’s fast-spinning rotors was captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover during the little chopper’s fourth Red Planet flight, which took place on April … Read More
On Sunday (April 25), NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity captured a photo of the agency’s Perseverance rover from the air, providing an unprecedented view of a robotic explorer on the surface of another world. “Oh hey, there I am! Never thought … Read More
NASA’s Mars helicopter has completed its third successful flight on the Martian surface. According to a NASA status update, the Ingenuity helicopter took to the skies again on Sunday. The agency said that Ingenuity was able to fly “faster and … Read More
It’s the “first instrument to produce oxygen on another world.” NASA’s Perseverance rover recently sucked up a small amount of carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere and converted it to oxygen using a toaster-sized scientific instrument. It’s a ground-breaking first … Read More