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Ingenuity, the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) helicopter that journeyed to Mars with NASA's Perseverance rover, was grounded for good after suffering a hard landing during a Jan. 18 flight.. New ...
An image captured by the Mars rover Perseverance shows a mysterious doughnut-shaped rock on the red planet’s surface. Launched in July 2020, the Mars Perseverance rover continues to explore the ...
The rover traversed a tricky, rocky pass in August. This story is part of Welcome to Mars , our series exploring the red planet. Curiosity isn't the only rover into accidental rock collecting.
One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover made a “mind-blowing” discovery on Mars — yellowish-green crystals of pure sulfur, never before seen on Earth’s mysterious red neighbor, according to scientists.
Curiosity finds strange boxwork ridges on Mars that hint at ancient underground water. Scientists are now drilling for answers.
NASA said the rock that it came from likely formed at least 3.9 billion years ago during Mars’ earliest geologic period, and may have been broken up and recrystallized during an ancient meteor ...
"I'm safe on Mars" isn't a tweet you see every day. It's the update provided by the Twitter account for NASA's Perseverance rover (@NASAPersevere) after it successfully landed Thursday on the Red ...
The Mars rover’s crater exit is the latest stage of the mission, which began with a July 2020 launch and 300-million-mile trip through space. The rover successfully landed in February 2021 in Jezero ...