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  NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover snaps shining clouds on Red Planet

  Science | May 30, 2021 17:29 IST

  NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has captured shining clouds on the Red Planet, which arrived earlier and formed higher than expected.

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  Navigation glitch sends NASA's Mars helicopter on excursion

  Science | May 28, 2021 22:16 IST

  NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter encountered a navigational glitch on its sixth flight on the Red Planet and went on an excursion of more than 20 degrees, the first problem since its first flight in April.

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  Organic salts detected on Mars: NASA

  Science | May 23, 2021 22:33 IST

  Organic compounds and salts on Mars could have formed by geologic processes or be remnants of ancient microbial life, NASA said in a statement.

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  NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter completes first one-way trip

  Science | May 09, 2021 21:28 IST

  NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has added many firsts to its kitty. After becoming the first to test power flight on another world and to capture the colour image of the Martian surface, the mini helicopter has now completed its fifth flight with a first short one-way trip.

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  Martian subsurface has ingredients for present-day microbial life

  Science | April 23, 2021 23:43 IST

  The Martian subsurface might be a good place to look for possible present-day life on the Red Planet, according to a study. 

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  NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

  Science | April 19, 2021 17:23 IST

  NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the planet’s thin air on Monday, achieving the first powered flight on another planet.

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  NASA to attempt first controlled flight on Mars as soon as Monday

  World | April 18, 2021 7:50 IST

  "A livestream will begin at 6:15 am EDT , as the helicopter team prepares to receive the data downlink in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA's JPL," the release said.

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  NASA again delays first flight of Mars helicopter

  Science | April 14, 2021 16:15 IST

  The US space agency, which is yet to declare a new date for the attempt, earlier rescheduled the flight after a test completed earlier than planned.

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  NASA shares stunning image of blue dunes on Mars

  Science | April 12, 2021 16:39 IST

  Mars water pictures, Mars water images: NASA releases beautiful pictures of blue dunes that were spotted on Mars as its Odyssey Orbiter completes 20 years in the Red Planet's orbit.

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  Elon Musk rejigs his Twitter bio; adds 'Imperator of Mars'

  Science | April 12, 2021 15:10 IST

  Tesla CEO and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is obsessed with colonizing the red planet, changed his Twitter bio for the second time within a month to add 'Imperator of Mars' with a winking emoji.

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  NASA delays first flight of Mars helicopter to April 14

  Science | April 11, 2021 23:42 IST

  NASA has decided to postpone the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's first experimental flight to April 14 after a test completed earlier than planned.

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  Mars did not dry up all at once, says study

  Science | April 09, 2021 20:17 IST

  Mars had drier and wetter eras before drying up completely about three billion years ago, says a new study which suggests that the Red Planet did not dry up all at once.

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  NASA's Odyssey spacecraft marks 20 years of mapping Mars

  Science | April 09, 2021 16:34 IST

  Launched 20 years ago on April 7, the orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke's classic sci-fi novel "2001: A Space Odyssey", was sent to map the composition of the Martian surface, providing a window to the past so scientists could piece together how the planet evolved.

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  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity touches down on Red Planet

  Science | April 04, 2021 23:23 IST

  Ingenuity flew to Mars while being attached to the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover, which made a February 18 touch down on the Red Planet.

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  Mars helicopter, designed by IIT-Madras alumnus Bob Balaram, to fly over Martian skies on April 11

  Science | April 02, 2021 17:27 IST

  The decision to push back the date of the launch from April 8 to April 11 was announced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, on Thursday.

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  Part of Wright brothers’ 1st airplane on NASA’s Mars chopper

  Science | March 24, 2021 15:30 IST

  NASA’s experimental Martian helicopter holds a small swatch of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer, the space agency revealed Tuesday. 

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  NASA set to fly mini helicopter on Mars to explore Red Planet

  Science | March 23, 2021 12:42 IST

  The teams operating Ingenuity and NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover have chosen the flight zone where the helicopter will attempt the first powered, controlled flights on another planet.

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  Mars may be hiding most of its ‘missing’ water underground: NASA-funded study

  Science | March 17, 2021 14:42 IST

  The researchers from California Institute of Technology and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) found that around four billion years ago, Mars was home to enough water to have covered the whole planet in an ocean about 100 to 1,500 metres deep.

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  Comets brought carbon to Earth, Mars: Study

  Science | March 06, 2021 15:50 IST

  Comets could have been an essential source of carbon on planets like Earth and Mars during the early formation of the solar system, says a new study.

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  NASA awards key contract for Mars sample return

  Science | March 05, 2021 15:42 IST

  Taking a step closer to realising its ambitious sample return programme after the touchdown of the Mars Perseverance rover, NASA has awarded a key contract to Northrop Grumman Systems of Elkton, Maryland.