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NASA announced Wednesday it will deploy two sample recovery helicopters to Mars to help return selected samples of rock and soil from the planet to Earth. Under the plan, the space agency's ...

It's been two years since humanity has learned that sustained, powered flight is possible in the atmosphere of an alien planet. Sure, you could say it was obvious that would be the case, but when it ...

NASA has finished the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program, which is nearing completion of the conceptual design phase. During this phase, the program team evaluated and ...

NASA will be using space helicopters to help bring back its fresh batch of Martian samples, which are expected to reach Earth a decade from now. The Mars Sample Return Program isn't just ambitious, it ...

China's Zhurong Mars rover captured this panorama of the Red Planet. Visible in the foreground are the rover's solar panels and communications equipment. New details are emerging about China's ...

NASA said Wednesday it would send two more helicopters to Mars in the coming years after its first, the Ingenuity, was far more successful than the scientists hoped. The space agency unveiled new ...

HELSINKI — China is sharpening the details of its Tianwen-3 mission to collect samples from Mars and deliver them to Earth. New mission details and defined objectives were revealed in presentations ...

NASA has taken to its blog to give an update on the recent flight by the helicopter Ingenuity and sample activities being conducted by Perseverance. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory took to Twitter on ...