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Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly in amazing video from Perseverance rover
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a stunning video of the Ingenuity helicopter on Aug. 3, during the little chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity spies Perseverance rover during 54th Red Planet flight (photo, video)
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity snapped a photo of the Perseverance rover on Aug. 3, during the chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity breaks 3-month flight gap with 53rd Red Planet hop
By Elizabeth Howell published
Ingenuity is back in action and a 54th flight is already in the works, according to NASA. The helicopter is now resuming scouting duties for a big Mars rover mission seeking life.
Perseverance rover: Everything you need to know
By Nola Taylor Tillman, Mike Wall last updated
Reference NASA's Perseverance rover isn't just exploring the Red Planet. The life-hunting robot will also help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now, if all goes according to plan.
NASA's Mars Sample Return in jeopardy after US Senate questions budget
By Josh Dinner published
A budget review from the Senate Appropriations Committee is suggesting NASA consider canceling Mars Sample Return if the agency can't rein in the mission's growing costs.
Building blocks of Mars life? Perseverance rover digs up diverse set of organic molecules on the Red Planet
By Charles Q. Choi published
NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear.
Europe will issue new ExoMars lander contract in a few months for beleaguered Mars rover (exclusive)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The European Space Agency's director general, Josef Aschbacher, says the member states are moving ahead with a lander design contract to bring a life-seeking rover to Mars.
The climate of Mars changed dramatically 400,000 years ago, Chinese rover finds
By Keith Cooper published
A shift in Mars' climate 400,000 years ago produced a change in wind direction that left its mark in the erosion of bright sand dunes.
'Mars rover' is the new 'moonshot' in Fall Out Boy's update to Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Fall Out Boy has released an update to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," ticking off moments in history from 1989 to 2023. Like the original, the cover includes mention of space exploration.
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