Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...
NASA is developing a next-gen Mars helicopter, larger and more capable than Ingenuity, to enhance exploration of the Red ...
NASA’s retired InSight lander, now covered in Martian dust, continues to offer insights into Mars through images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Over its four-year mission, InSight ...
Some leading scientists who spoke to the BBC believe the role of humans in space exploration will diminish over time. The ...
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Science News: 2024 was a year of tremendous breakthroughs in space exploration. From Isro's low-cost small satellite launch ...
On Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through ...
NASA has harnessed solar power to drive exploration and innovation. From powering the Parker Solar Probe near the Sun to enabling the Mars Helicopter’s historic flights, solar energy fuels spacecraft, ...
From astronauts getting stranded on a leaking ISS and faceplanting moon landers to injured Mars robots and a tumbling solar ...
Another way to estimate how quickly craters fade has been by studying the ring of blast marks left by InSight’s retrorocket thrusters during landing. Much more prominent in 2018, those dark marks are ...
"NASA's detailed accident report on Ingenuity's final flight in January 2024 reveals technical glitches that led to its crash ...