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Perseverance rover captures distinct hum of Ingenuity helicopter's fourth flight on Mars
•The $85 million tech demo was supposed to end a few days ago, but NASA extended the mission by at least a month to get more flying time.
Technical glitch keeps Ingenuity helicopter grounded on fourth Mars flight attempt
•A glitch associated with its "watchdog timer," which alerts it to potential problems, pauses its processes if it thinks it has detected an error.
Perseverance rover converts CO2 into oxygen on Mars for the first time
•MOXIE produced five grams of oxygen, equal to 10 minutes of breathable oxygen for astronaut carrying out normal activity.
NASA hopes that Ingenuity helicopter takes flight on Mars by early April
•Ingenuity will be attempting to fly in an atmosphere that is one percent the density of Earth's, which makes achieving lift harder.
Where did all of Mars' water go? NASA thinks its trapped under its surface
•They found that the planet lost most of its water between four to 3.7 billion years ago,
SuperCam on-board NASA's Perseverance rover collected its first samples on Mars
•The laser can zap objects smaller than a pencil point as far away as seven metres and observes spots beyond the reach of the rover's arm.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover deploys wind sensor as health checks continue
Tech2 News Staff •Perseverance's first big job will reportedly be to find an airfield where the Ingenuity helicopter can take off.
What we know about the Red Planet from 260 Martian meteorites found on Earth
•Martian meteorites also hold clues about how people may one day be able to survive on the planet.
NASA shares stunning 360-degree panorama of Perseverance Mars rover's landing site
•The rover's cameras will help scientists ascertain the geological history and atmospheric conditions of Jezero Crater.
Terrestrial microbes could survive briefly on Mars, be a food source for astronauts: Study
•The endurance of some microbes to conditions on Mars were tested by launching them into Earth's stratosphere, which closely represents that on Mars.