In a first-of-its-kind experiment, NASA’s Perseverance rover has produced enough oxygen on Mars to keep an astronaut alive for three hours. The rover, which first touched down on Mars in February 2021, produced the element using its Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) device — which generated the oxygen …
Read More »NASA helicopter captures glorious view of Mars, with some surprises
NASA’s extraterrestrial helicopter, Ingenuity, flew 40 feet into the Martian air and snapped an astonishing landscape of another world. On its 51st flight, the experimental craft — with rotors reaching four feet long from tip to tip — rose atop a hill just beyond the rim of the Belva crater. …
Read More »NASA’s Mars helicopter goes on wild ride after navigation error, but is “ready to fly again”
A navigation timing error sent NASA’s little Mars helicopter on a wild, lurching ride, its first major problem since it took to the Martian skies last month. The experimental helicopter, named Ingenuity, managed to land safely, officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported Thursday. “Despite unexpected motion from an image …
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