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NASA’s Ingenuity now really means business. Its fifth scheduled flight was due to be its last, a one-way trip to a final resting place. But the little helicopter has worked so well that NASA has promoted Ingenuity to the operational partner of Perseverance, and will assist the rover for as long as it can. During flight four, Ingenuity collected lots of images and was able to map the area if flew over. This allowed the team to pick a new airfield for the rotocraft. On flight five, Ingenuity fl...

White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour to live-stream from Perseverance Theatre April 16 - May 2 Every night is opening night for this one-of-a-kind production with a different actor on stage for each performance, and Martin Sensmeier to take the virtual stage on April 16. No rehearsals. No director. No set. A different actor reads the script cold for the first time at each performance. This is White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, an utterly unique theatrical experience that...

Meet NASAs Swati Mohan, star of Perseverance rovers epic Mars landing CNET 2/18/2021 Swati Mohan is the guidance and control operations lead for NASAs Mars 2020 mission, meaning she has basically been in charge of making sure the spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover is oriented in the right direction. As Perseverance came in for its high-stakes landing Thursday, Mohan also provided much of the commentary from mission control during its tense entry, descent and landing. A NASA veteran w...

Tensions rise as rival Mars probes approach their final destination Robin McKie © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Alexander McNabb/AP The skies above Mars will witness some startling aeronautical displays in the next few days when three rival space robot probes reach the red planet after journeying for millions of miles across space. The United Arab Emirates’ probe Hope orbiter will arrive first, on Tuesday, followed by China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft the next day. Fina...