Watch NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Fly in 3D
A new video of the helicopter’s third flight gives viewers the sensation of standing on the Red Planet and seeing the action firsthand. When NASA’s…
A new video of the helicopter’s third flight gives viewers the sensation of standing on the Red Planet and seeing the action firsthand. When NASA’s…
NASA’s newest Mars rover is beginning to study the floor of an ancient crater that once held a lake. NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy…
Sounds of the Mars Helicopter’s whirring rotors add another new dimension to the historic project. For the first time, a spacecraft on another planet has…
The Red Planet rotorcraft headed south in support of furthering research into the potential use of aerial scouts on Mars in the future. NASA’s Ingenuity…
New observations reveal that Mars could still be volcanically active, raising the possibility for habitable conditions below the surface of Mars in recent history. Evidence…
Around the time of our first flight, we talked a lot about having our “Wright brothers moment” at Mars. And that makes a lot of…
The SEIS seismometer package from the Mars InSight lander has collected its first continuous Martian year of data, revealing some surprises among the more than…
The Red Planet rotorcraft will shift focus from proving flight is possible on Mars to demonstrating flight operations that future aerial craft could utilize. NASA’s…
Gale Crater’s central sedimentary mound (Aeolis Mons or, informally, Mount Sharp) is a 5.5-km-tall (3.4-mi-tall) remnant of the infilling and erosion of this ancient impact…
Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight today, and we couldn’t be happier. The helicopter took off at 10:49 a.m. EDT (7:49 a.m. PDT, or 12:33…
Data received from the Mars Ingenuity helicopter on Thursday morning shows the helicopter did not execute its planned fourth flight as scheduled. The helicopter is safe and…
The Red Planet rotorcraft will extend its range, speed, and flight duration on Flight Four. Now that NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has accomplished the goal…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is visible in the upper left corner of this image the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took during its third flight, on…
The name honors recently deceased mission scientist Rafael Navarro-González, who helped lead the team that identified ancient organic compounds on Mars. The team of scientists…
Imagine trying to pick up a pebble or scrape microbes off a cave wall in a bulky spacesuit with puffy gloves on, under a time…
NASA’s STEREO-A and ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft detected a coronal mass ejection, or CME, leaving the Sun on April 17 at 12:36 p.m. EDT. This CME…
Simulation led by University of Chicago geoscientist finds missing piece to Martian climate puzzle. One of the great mysteries of modern space science is neatly…
The craft’s April 25 flight was conducted at speeds and distances beyond what had ever been previously demonstrated, even in testing on Earth. NASA’s Ingenuity…