News Archive / Tagged: Perseverance rover

• NASA’s MOXIE wraps up oxygen production on Mars

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 8th, 2023

  NASA’s microwave-oven-sized oxygen-generating MOXIE technology demonstrator has completed its mission on Mars aboard the Perseverance rover.

• Winter is coming for NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter

  Cullen DesforgesMay 11th, 2022

  The end could potentially be near for NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter as Martian winter and dust storms wreak havoc on the drone's vital systems.

• Perseverance rover racing to an ancient Martian river delta

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 31st, 2022

  NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been racing toward an ancient Martian river delta in recent weeks as it covers ground faster than any pervious rover.

• Lockheed Martin to build a rocket to return Mars samples

  Theresa CrossFebruary 15th, 2022

  NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a rocket to return Mars rock samples currently being collected by the agency’s Perseverance rover.

• Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completes 7th flight

  Cullen DesforgesJune 9th, 2021

  Fresh off of a recent in-flight anomaly, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has successfully completed its seventh flight across the surface of the red planet.

• Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experiences turbulent sixth flight

  Cullen DesforgesMay 27th, 2021

  After five near-flawless flights, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter ran into trouble during its sixth, testing the margins of the spacecraft’s stability.

• Ingenuity Mars helicopter transitions to “operations demonstration phase”

  Cullen DesforgesMay 10th, 2021

  NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully took to the Martial skies for a fifth time, proving its capabilities as a fully-functioning aircraft.