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NASA's Perseverance rover set driving records on Mars, and it didn't need human drivers. The rover's AutoNav system takes a lot of the credit.

Perseverance landed in February of 2021 -- nearly two Earth years ago. But on Mars, the wheel of the year ...

This Week in Space: Perseverance has a new friend and NASA and SpaceX are investigating a fuel leak in the Cargo Dragon vehicle.

Rock and roll -- literally! It's lonely on Mars. So, NASA's rock-sampling Perseverance rover has adopted a pet rock.

Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino joins ‘America’s Newsroom.’ NASA has debunked speculation over an image from Mars that appeared to show what many believed to be a "rainbow" or "dustbow." In a Tuesday tweet, the NASA Perseverance Mars rover account wrote that the agency had seen comments online wondering about the bright arc captured in the April 4 photo from the rovers onboard Rear Left Hazard Avoidance Camera. "Many have asked: Is that a rainbow on Mars?" they said. "No. Rainbows...

Apr 6, 2021 NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has emerged from its first night on the surface of Mars. Evening temperatures at Jezero Crater can plunge as low as minus 90 degrees Celsius, which can freeze and crack unprotected electrical components and damage the onboard batteries required for flight. Surviving that first night after being deployed from where it was attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover on 3 April is a major milestone for the 1,8kg rotorcraft. In the days to co...

NASAs Mars Helicopter Survives First Cold Martian Night on Its Own Ingenuity Deployed on Mars: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021, the 44th Martian day, or sol of the mission. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption › Making it through the frigid Martian temperatures after being deployed by NASA’s Perseverance rover is a major milestone for the small rotorcraft. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Hel...

Research demonstrates how a series of lunar images could provide key navigational data TROY, NY (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute PR) — In order for future lunar exploration missions to be successful and land more precisely, engineers must equip spacecraft with technologies that allow them to “see” where they are and travel to where they need to be. Finding specific locations amid the moon’s complicated topography is not a simple task. In research recently published in the  AIAA Journa...

TROY, N.Y. — In order for future lunar exploration missions to be successful and land more precisely, engineers must equip spacecraft with technologies that allow them to “see” where they are and travel to where they need to be. Finding specific locations amid the moon’s complicated topography is not a simple task. In research recently published in the AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, a multidisciplinary team of engineers demonstrated how a series of lunar images can ...