NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity has now flown nine times on the Red Planet, letting mission engineers test a host of capabilities that could pave the way for more Martian choppers.
Ingenuity made its ninth flight on Mars on Monday (July 5), when it remained aloft for 166.4 seconds and flew as fast as 16 feet (5 meters) per second, according to a tweet from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, which oversees the project.
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But with its frigid temperatures, remoteness from the sun and general dustiness, changing Mars to be more Earth-like is more challenging than it seems (and it already seems pretty tough).
The thing is, Mars used to be cool. And by cool, I mean warm. Billions of years ago, Mars had a thick, carbon-rich atmosphere, lakes and oceans of liquid water , and probably even white fluffy clouds.
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Humans have been obsessed with Mars for thousands of years, but it wasn't until the mid-20th century that we began to have actual breakthroughs in our journey to Mars. In July of 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 captured high-definition pictures of Mars.
Jordan Bimm, historian of science technology and medicine, joins us to talk about Mars jars, the Cold War space race, and the German scientists with Nazi ties who helped the United States in the early days of NASA's space program.
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One of the hardest things to reconcile in science is when new data either complicates or refutes previously findings. It's even more difficult when those findings were widely publicized and heralded around the community. But that is how science works – the theories must fit the data.
That original discovery was announced after scientists found particularly bright spots in radar signals under the surface that were interpreted as being from liquid water.
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Variations in Near-Surface Methane Concentration at Gale Crater, Mars | Planetary News
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used two cameras to create this selfie in Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
The presence of methane (CH 4 ) in the martian atmosphere is of great interest because methane is a potential biosignature.
An international research team led by Christopher Webster of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported measurements of atmospheric methane in Gale Crater using the Curiosity rover's Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) in the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite of instruments.
The Space Review: Flights to Mars, real and LEGO
In early 1968, The Boeing Company delivered to NASA a thick, multi-volume report on how to send humans to Mars.
By summer 1969, NASA was deeply involved in proposing post-Apollo plans. NASA’s proposal to a Space Task Group established by the Nixon Administration was based upon the Integrated Program Plan, which included a space station, lunar exploration, a space shuttle, and soon, a Mars mission.
EarthSky | Mars methane mystery? Depends on the time of day
It was scientists with the Curiosity rover mission that proposed a solution for the puzzle.
The new results suggest that it’s the time of day that makes all the difference. Curiosity and the Trace Gas Orbiter are looking for methane at different times of day on Mars.
Happening on Twitter
#MarsHelicopter pushes its Red Planet limits. 🚁 The rotorcraft completed its 9th and most challenging flight yet, f… https://t.co/xnbKAnVo5H NASAJPL (from Pasadena, Calif.) Mon Jul 05 16:54:21 +0000 2021
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity sails through 9th flight on the Red Planet https://t.co/IQJ7dUbH53 https://t.co/qJXZfh1nP2 SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Tue Jul 06 17:08:34 +0000 2021
NASA's helicopter on Mars just keeps flying and flying https://t.co/nTy9NV0dWI by @SciGuySpace arstechnica (from NYC - Boston - Chicago - SF) Tue Jul 06 19:41:02 +0000 2021
How do you take a selfie on Mars? Get the behind-the-scenes story from the @NASAPersevere team >>… https://t.co/TZwD0LgPYl NASA_Marshall (from Huntsville, Alabama USA) Mon Jul 05 13:31:06 +0000 2021
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