Perseverance has only been on Mars for two months, but the latest in red planet rovers is already picking up on Curiosity’s good habits. No, it isn’t science; at least, it isn’t just science. Percy is just as good as … Read More
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
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
NASA’s Perseverance rover made a new statement on Twitter announcing that she is looking for a place to drop off the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, if the area gets certified as a flight zone. Percy also send a photo where you … 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