The small rotorcraft’s horizons were expanded on its second flight.
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Meet the Open-Source Software Powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s...
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Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests
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OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
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With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the team never considered achievable. Its...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From Mars
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An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members who...
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7 Things to Know About the NASA Rover About to Land on Mars
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The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which has started its approach to the Red Planet, will help answer the next...
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Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
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The agency’s latest and most complex mission to the Red Planet has touched down at Jezero Crater. Now it’s...
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Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’
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Three studies published in the past month have cast doubt on the premise of subsurface lakes below the Martian...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen From Red Planet
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The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument achieved by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, points the way to future human...