NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity , which landed inside Mars' Jezero Crater with the agency's Perseverance rover in February, has now completed eight Red Planet flights. That's three more than the maximum targeted for the 4-lb.
The little rotorcraft's current extended-mission activities, which center on showcasing the potential of Mars helicopters to serve as scouts for rovers, will "continue for at least a few more months, with a cadence of a couple of flights a month," Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley, a
First video and sounds from China's Mars rover intrigue scientists
A detail of Zhurong's undercarriage from a video, with its lander seen in the distance. Credit: CNSA
A series of videos from the Zhurong Mars rover have been released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), including incredible footage showing 23 seconds of the rover's perilous descent to the surface.
Dust problems draining power from NASA's InSight Mars lander | Space
Martian dust accumulating on the panels of NASA's InSight lander could force the Red Planet mission to end its work within the next 10 months, its principal investigator warned during a recent update.
To save power and preserve InSight's essential items like heaters in the cold Martian environment, mission managers have already turned off several instruments on the lander. NASA has also tried a new way of encouraging the wind to blow off sand, but with limited success.
First You See It, Then You Don't: Scientists Closer to Explaining Mars Methane Mystery – NASA's
Curiosity’s Wheels: This photo was taken on March 19, 2017, by the Mars Hand Lens Imager camera on the arm of NASA's Curiosity rover. The image helped mission team members inspect the condition of Curiosity’s six wheels. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
Before identifying the sources of methane on Mars, scientists must settle a question that’s been gnawing at them: Why do some instruments detect the gas while others don’t?
Mars may have dozens of lakes beneath its south pole | Space
Much more liquid water may lie beneath the south pole of Mars than scientists had thought — or there may be something going on down there that they don't fully understand.
In 2018, researchers analyzing radar data gathered by Europe's Mars Express spacecraft announced they'd found evidence of a big subsurface lake in the Red Planet's south polar region.
Hear the First Eerie Sounds From Mars: China's Rover Films Itself Driving on Red Planet,
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Like NASA which landed its fifth Martian rover in February, China's Zhurong rover touched down on the Red Planet this year.
It brought to Mars a suite of scientific instruments including a weather station, ground-penetrating radar, and a laser spectroscopy device for blasting rocks apart to measure their mineral content.
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Declining power supply could end NASA’s InSight Mars mission next year – Spaceflight
Without a fortuitous whirlwind to clear dust off its solar panels, NASA’s InSight lander could end its mission on Mars within a year due to dropping power levels, the project’s chief scientist said last week.
InSight landed on Mars in November 2018 on a mission to measure seismic activity and study the Red Planet’s deep interior.
Watch videos of China's Zhurong Mars rover - CNN Video
Happening on Twitter
If there's one thing I love almost as much as rocks, it's photography. In 128 days on Mars, I've sent back over 100… https://t.co/wdp0kef0Qu NASAPersevere (from Jezero Crater, Mars) Tue Jun 29 17:41:07 +0000 2021
Mars methane mystery. @MarsCuriosity's Tunable Laser Spectrometer has repeatedly detected methane in Gale Crater, b… https://t.co/dTm1UZBlHm NASAJPL (from Pasadena, Calif.) Tue Jun 29 16:33:54 +0000 2021
📸 How do you take a selfie on Mars? For @NASAPersevere, it requires careful planning, more than 60 individual imag… https://t.co/l1MkDHAR5r NASA_Marshall (from Huntsville, Alabama USA) Mon Jun 28 16:44:06 +0000 2021
Dust problems draining power from NASA's InSight Mars lander https://t.co/Aohsv24EbV https://t.co/VvTmFTMEum SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Tue Jun 29 11:09:37 +0000 2021
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