NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the team never considered achievable. Its 18th flight is schedule…
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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars Sample Return…
NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars
Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring space missions that will be carried out in the coming decade.
Team Behind NASA's Newest Mars Rover to Honor Persevering Students
Middle schoolers who have pushed past obstacles to reach their academic goals will be celebrated by the mission team with a personal message beamed do…
NASA to Highlight New Science Findings, Missions During AGU Meeting
NASA researchers and colleagues from around the world will present the latest findings on a range of Earth and space science topics at the annual Amer…
NASA's Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From Mars
An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members who were stunned by the sweeping la…
NASA's Perseverance Captures Challenging Flight by Mars Helicopter
Recently downlinked imagery of a September flight has allowed the rover imaging team to put together a video of rotorcraft performing to near-perfecti…
Twin of NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests
OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential driving hazards on the s…
How NASA's Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts
A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the surface.