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Extraordinary images have surfaced from Mars after NASA flew their Ingenuity helicopter over the planet last year.

NASAs Ingenuity helicopter - dubbed the Marscopter - took incredible photos of the wreckage on the surface of the Red Planet that has been dubbed otherworldly.

NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring Mars' Jezero Crater for nearly three years, but it will soon move on to investigate a vastly different environment.

NASAs Perseverance rover has been exploring Mars Jezero Crater for nearly three years, but it will soon move on to investigate a vastly different environment.

The robots basic requirement was to survey an ancient crater lake and to collect rocks

Mars Sample Return has always been an expensive, high-risk, high-reward project. But now, with realization of the mission’s actual cost and expanding timeline, Congress must commit to fully supporting the effort or risk tanking the rest of NASA’s planetary science program

After 1,000 days on the Martian surface, the Perseverance rover has collected samples that reveal the history of water within Jezero Crater.

After 1,000 days on the Martian surface, the Perseverance rover has collected samples that reveal the history of water within Jezero Crater.

Perseverance and its helicopter companion, Ingenuity, landed in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, to search for signs of ancient microbial life.

After 1,000 days on the Martian surface, the Perseverance rover has collected samples that reveal the history of water within Jezero Crater.