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NASA has shared an image of the Ingenuity helicopter standing alone on a Martian dune – it broke down during its last flight and will never rise above the surface of the Red Planet again. The rover will move further and further away from him until the connection is broken. The Ingenuity helicopter became the […]
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 […]
Since landing on Mars in February 2021, Perseverance has been collecting samples of the Red Planet’s dust, rocks and even air. Some of them are analyzed by the rover independently, others are collected in special titanium tubes to be sent to Earth in the future. The mission, called Mars Sample Return, is still in the […]
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 […]