The first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet has garnered an award whose past recipients make up a timeline of aerospace innovation and achievement.
Related Articles
-
NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover Landing
NASA leadership and members of the mission will discuss the agency’s latest rover, which touches down on the Red...
-
Landing in Living Rooms: LEGO Models of NASA Mars Rover and Helicopter
A new STEM-themed kit developed in cooperation with NASA-JPL is designed to spark kids’ interest in engineering...
-
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Video of Solar Eclipse on Mars
The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, to study how its orbit...
-
NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions
The missions – Juno and InSight – have each increased our understanding of our solar system, as well as...
-
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Scouts Ridgeline for Perseverance Science Team
The rotorcraft provided rover scientists an aerial perspective of an interesting rocky outcrop. Read More
-
Flight 59 Preview – By the Numbers
Flight 59 Expected flight date: 09/16/2023 Horizontal flight distance: N/A (pop-up flight) Expected flight time: 142.94 seconds Max altitude: 20...
-
Flight 45 Preview – By the Numbers
Flight: 45 Flight date: No earlier than 02/22/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 1,614.38 feet (492.063 meters) Flight time:...
-
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a hi-res image captured as the rover’s jetpack lowered...
