See where NASA Mars helicopter flew during its 10.5 mile (16.7 km) Jezero Crater trek. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Avengers: ...
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter conducted its 63rd Mars flight, flying 1,901 feet (579 meters) horizontally. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
When NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took flight on Mars in April 2021, it marked a historic moment in space exploration. This small, solar-powered rotorcraft became the first aircraft to achieve ...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working under the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump ...
It was a routine flight for the rotorcraft, which had proved that powered, controlled flight was possible on another planet, ...
NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through ... drones similar to the recently deceased Ingenuity helicopter would pick them up and fly them to a lander.
NASA earlier this week said it needs more ... powered Perseverance’s cruise stage spacecraft and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter. It is also developing the twin spacecraft — nicknamed Blue ...
While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.
it built the solar panels that powered Perseverance’s cruise stage spacecraft and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter. It is also developing the twin spacecraft—nicknamed Blue and Gold—for NASA ...
Recent exceptional rock discoveries have only mounted pressure on NASA to solve the problems facing its Mars Sample Return mission, its plan to fly bits of rock, dust, and air collected by ...
From a technological standpoint, yes – it can be done. SpaceX's Starship has yet to reach orbit, and the last launch ...