The team behind the agency’s history-making rotorcraft soars, picking up high-profile awards alongside a new-and-improved system to assess asteroid orbits.
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Flight 61 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 61 Expected flight date: 09/29/2023 Horizontal flight distance: N/A Flight time: 129.69 seconds Max altitude: 24 meters...
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter to Make First Flight Attempt Sunday
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The small rotorcraft’s “Wright brothers moment” is two Mars days away. Read More
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NASA to Convene Mars Sample Return Review
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The board, initiated by NASA, will provide added confidence that the program won’t exceed guidelines following an...
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Journey to the Center of Mars With the InSight Lander Team
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Scientists will talk about new findings in a question-and-answer session with the news media and public. Read More
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Flight 53 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 53 Expected Flight date: 07/22/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 666.34 feet (203.1 meters) Flight time: 136.82 seconds Flight...
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Engineers Keep an Eye on Fuel Supply of NASA’s Oldest Mars Orbiter
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Measuring the fuel supply on a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge is no easy task. Read...
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Watch (and Hear) How NASA’s Perseverance Rover Took Its First Selfie
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The historic image of the rover beside the Mars Helicopter proved to be one of the most complex rover...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reroutes Away From ‘Gator-Back’ Rocks
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To avoid patches of knife-edged rocks, the mission has taken an alternative path up Mount Sharp. Read More