Life on Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet

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  NASA’s Mars helicopter is about to attempt a colossal flight

  Digital Trends - By Trevor Mogg

  NASA’s Mars helicopter is attempting its longest-ever flight this weekend. In fact, if you’re reading this on Sunday, the Ingenuity aircraft could be …

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  5 days ago

  NASA’s Mars helicopter still working fine after month-long break

  Digital Trends - By Trevor Mogg

  NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has taken to the skies again following a month-long break in communications with Earth. The drone-like flying …

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  6 days ago

  Mars Odyssey spacecraft pulls a sideways maneuver to capture the planet’s horizon

  Digital Trends - By Georgina Torbet

  A new image from a NASA orbiter shows an unusual view of Mars that captures the planet’s horizon complete with clouds. It is similar to the kinds of …

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  NASA engineers testing successor to Ingenuity helicopter rotors

  Digital Trends - By Georgina Torbet

  The Ingenuity Mars helicopter has been more successful than anyone dared hope, lasting far, far beyond its originally planned five flights. The …

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  NASA stops speaking to its Mars robots, but they haven’t fallen out

  Digital Trends - By Trevor Mogg

  NASA’s Mars robots receive their commands from the mission team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, but for the next few weeks, …

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  The Curiosity rover reaches a milestone on Mars

  Digital Trends - By Georgina Torbet

  NASA’s Curiosity rover, which is currently exploring Mars’ Gale Crater, recently marked an impressive milestone: 4,000 days on Mars. The rover landed …