NASA s Mars rover takes selfie with helicopter before first-ever flight on alien planet
NASA s Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18 and is only days away before the first-ever flight on an alien planet. The Ingenuity helicopter will be the first to attempt the flight on the Red Planet
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To the delight of social media users, NASA sPerseverance rover used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to snap a selfie with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter this week ahead of its historic flight mission.
Shown about 13 feet apart in the pictures taken on April 6, 2021, or the 48th Martian day of the mission, the rover used its WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and Engineering) camera on the SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) instrument. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover. This image was taken by the WASTON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Biden proposes 6.3% boost for NASA in budget proposal
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Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building the solid rocket boosters are stacked and waiting to be mated to the core stage of NASA s Space Launch System rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 24. President Joe Biden is proposing a 6.3% increase in funding for NASA in 2022. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
April 9 (UPI) President Joe Biden is seeking $24.7 billion for NASA in his 2022 budget released Friday, boosting funding for the agency s Artemis program as well as weather and climate efforts.
The budget request represents a 6.3% increase over the $23.27 billion funding NASA received in the 2021 fiscal year.
Tiny Mars helicopter set for first flight Sunday
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NASA plans to fly the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, shown here with the rover Perseverance, on the Red Planet for the first time Sunday. Photo courtesy of NASA
NASA is targeting Sunday for the Mars helicopter Ingenuity to make the first attempt at a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Photo courtesy of NASA | License Photo
A photo of the Martian surface shows where the Mars helicopter Ingenuity will make its first flight, planned for Sunday night. Photo courtesy of NASA | License Photo
April 9 (UPI) NASA s plan to fly a helicopter on Mars comes to fruition Sunday with an attempted 40-second climb to just 10 feet, but agency officials say they hope to make bolder efforts in the next few weeks.
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