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…
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…
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…
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…
Ingenuity is now Scouting Ahead of Perseverance, Helping it Navigate Difficult Terrain
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is providing scientists a look at what is on the road ahead for the Perseverance rover.…
How Time Flies: Perseverance and Ingenuity Have Been on Mars for a Year
What a year it’s been -- Earth year, that is! The dramatic touchdown on Mars for the Perseverance rover and…
Bad Weather Postpones Ingenuity’s 19th Flight on Mars
The first flight of 2022 for the Ingenuity Helicopter has been delayed due to a regional dust storm on Mars.…
You can Watch Ingenuity’s Flight on Mars, Captured by Perseverance
New video beamed back to Earth from the Perseverance Rover shows an incredibly detailed view of the Ingenuity helicopter’s flight…
The Sounds of Mars: Hear the Wind and Crunch of Rover Wheels on the Red Planet
Two microphones aboard the Perseverance Rover have recorded “alien” sounds on Mars – the sounds of a human-made spacecraft crunching…
Ingenuity Back in Action on Mars on its 14th Flight
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took a short hop flight on October 24, giving the mission team both a sigh of…