What a shot! NASA’s Perseverance Rover records Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s complicated flight — watch video

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Ingenuity collected as many as 10 images of the rocky surface of the red planet. (File image: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover has made a video of the 13th flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sent by the agency. But what is unique about that? Well, this video of the flight … Read more

NASA Perseverance Rover: For the Indian scientist behind rover’s landing on Mars, interest began with Star Trek

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She interned at various departments of NASA, from JPL to Goddard Space Centre. (Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls) NASA Perseverance Mars Rover: The nail-biting minutes after the Perseverance Rover entered the Martian atmosphere but had not landed yet were much harder for Indian-origin Dr Swati Mohan, because she was tasked with announcing the updates as they came. … Read more

Countdown to Mars: With Perseverance Rover’s landing hours away, NASA scientists begin their countdown to ‘7 minutes of terror’

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The mission is a huge one as it aims to probe the signs of ancient microbial life in the Jezero Crater. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA Perseverance mission countdown: NASA’s Perseverance Rover is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars in about 12 hours, and the countdown to the much-anticipated event has begun. To include science … Read more

NASA Mars Mission: Perseverance Rover set to land on Mars — when and where to watch live telecast

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The landing of the Perseverance Rover on the Martian surface would be broadcast live. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA Perseverance Mars Rover: NASA set to broadcast landing of Perseverance Rover live! With NASA’s Mars Mission 2020 about to reach its next stage of entering the Martian orbiting and then landing on the surface of the Red Planet, … Read more