Mars helicopter Ingenuity’s historic 1st flights shed light on Martian dust dynamics

'There's a reason that helicopter pilots on Earth prefer to land on helipads.' In April 2021, a camera on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recorded its …

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China silent on fate of Zhurong Mars rover on 2nd anniversary of Tianwen 1 mission

Tianwen 1, China's first interplanetary mission, marked its second anniversary in orbit around Mars on Feb. 10, but there was no update on the status …

* View the article originally published here. ** More curations: Al Cannistra at San Antonio ONE here.