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This week, NASA reached an important milestone. The two newest vehicles have spent 1000 Martian days on Mars. What is known The Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity unmanned aerial vehicle landed on the surface of the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. December 13, 2023 marked the 1000th Martian day (sol) on Mars for them. […]
The tiny Ingenuity helicopter, no taller than a two-year-old child, mysteriously lost contact with NASA for 63 days. On Mars, this time did not go too smoothly, as the Martian helicopter found itself in an extremely difficult place to work. But on June 28, he did get in touch, reporting on his adventures and future […]
The spacecraft found Martian rocks with the highest concentration of organic matter of any discovered. Scientists from the Perseverance rover team presented another major report on the spacecraft’s work on Mars. The rover was able to collect rock samples from one of the best places to look for ancient life on the Red Planet, they […]
The NASA Perseverance rover captured rare footage of a satellite of Mars Phobos crossing the visible surface of the Sun. These observations may help scientists better understand the moon’s orbit and how its gravity affects the Martian surface, forming the crust and mantle of the Red Planet. The solar eclipse captured by the Perseverance Mastcam-Z […]