Mars 2020
NASA Thinks it Knows Why Ingenuity Crashed on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sent its final signals to Earth in the earlier part of the year. Engineers have been studying…
Perseverance Finds a Strange Black-and-White Striped Rock on Mars
The hits just keep on coming from the Mars Perseverance rover. It's exploring Jezero Crater on the Red Planet, looking…
It’s Not Just Rocks, Scientists Want Samples Mars’s Atmosphere
Mars holds a very special place in our hearts. Chiefly because of all the other planets in the Solar System…
The Ingenuity Team Downloads the Final Data from the Mars Helicopter. The Mission is Over
I really can’t believe that the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars took its maiden voyage in April 2021. On the 16th…
The Current Mars Sample Return Mission isn’t Going to Work. NASA is Going Back to the Drawing Board
Human spaceflight is not the easiest of enterprises. NASA have let us know that their plans for the Mars Sample…
NASA is Trying to Fix a Problem With one of Perseverance's Instruments
There's a problem with the Perseverance rover. One of its instruments, the laser-shooting SHERLOC, which is mounted on the end…
Perseverance Gives Us One Last Look at the Damaged Ingenuity Helicopter
Well I consider that a success; the first aircraft on another world surpassed all expectations. Ingenuity, the helicopter that has…
Atmosphere Pressure Changes Could Explain Mars Methane
One ongoing mystery on Mars is the sporadic detection of atmospheric methane. Since 1999 detections have been made by Earth-based…
Ingenuity Suffers Rotor Damage, Ending the Mission
There have been numerous robotic space missions reach the end of their operating life over the years and for a…
NASA's Mars Helicopter Had an Unscheduled Landing, But Flew Again
The Ingenuity helicopter continues to explore the landscape around Jezero Crater on Mars, now more than 800 days into its…