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  Sun block: NASA's Mars missions will halt communication

  Science | September 29, 2021 23:42 IST

  While the missions on the Red Planet will continue collecting data, engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands to them until October 16, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.

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  NASA's Mars rover makes 2nd attempt to pick up rock sample

  Science | September 03, 2021 19:41 IST

  After completing its second coring, Perseverance manoeuvred the corer, bit, and open end of the sample tube in order to be imaged by the rover's Mastcam-Z instrument.

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  NASA invites participants for year-long simulated Mars mission

  Science | August 07, 2021 19:59 IST

  In preparation for the real-life challenges of future missions to Mars, NASA will study how highly motivated individuals respond under the rigour of a long-duration, ground-based simulation.

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  NASA lander reveals Mars' deep interiors for 1st time

  Science | July 25, 2021 15:45 IST

  Like Earth, Mars heated up as it formed from the dust and larger clumps of meteoritic material orbiting the Sun that helped to shape our early solar system.

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  NASA shows spot on Mars where its Perseverance rover is set to collect first rock sample | WATCH

  Science | July 22, 2021 19:17 IST

  The mission milestone to collect the first sample of Martian Rock will take off in the next two weeks.  

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  Mars Ingenuity helicopter completes its most challenging flight yet

  Science | July 09, 2021 22:17 IST

  During Flight 9, the mini chopper flew over a rugged region called "Seitah" -- characterised by sandy ripples that is very challenging terrain for rovers and took colour images.

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  NASA's self-driving Mars Rover begins search for signs of ancient life

  Science | July 02, 2021 22:01 IST

  NASA's self-driving six-wheeled robot on Mars -- the Perseverance rover -- is set to start an epic journey across a crater floor to seek signs of ancient life, the US space agency said on Friday.

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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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  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 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 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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  NASA's Mars Helicopter to make first flight attempt tomorrow

  Science | April 10, 2021 7:48 IST

  NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. 

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  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity survives its first chilly Martian night

  Science | April 06, 2021 7:55 IST

  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has survived its first cold Martian night on its own. 

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  First historic Mars helicopter flight on April 8: NASA

  Science | March 25, 2021 7:47 IST

  NASA will attempt to fly the Ingenuity mini-helicopter, currently attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover, on Mars on April 8, in the first such attempt on another planet.

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  Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message

  Science | February 24, 2021 9:23 IST

  Only about six people knew about the encoded message before Thursday’s landing, according to Clark. They waited until the parachute images came back before putting out a teaser during a televised news conference Monday.

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  NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’

  Science | February 23, 2021 12:06 IST

  The Perseverance rover landed last Thursday near an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater to search for signs of ancient microscopic life.

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  NASA rover sends 1st colour images of Mars, a selfie too

  Science | February 20, 2021 16:45 IST

  NASA's Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing.