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Ingenuity: NASA to attempt 1st controlled flight on Mars as soon as Monday
NASA is targeting no earlier than Monday, April 19, for the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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SpaceX wins $2.9 billion NASA contract to build commercial moon lander
NASA has picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity to make first flight attempt on Sunday
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet
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With blessings from Wright Brothers, Ingenuity aims for 1st flight by Apr 8
The rover is in transit to the 'airfield' where the Ingenuity will attempt to fly. Once deployed, it will have 30 Martian days, or sols, (31 Earth days) to conduct its test flight campaign
Biden lauds NASA for landing Mars rover, giving US 'dose of confidence'
Biden congratulated the NASA team responsible for last month's successful landing of rover on Mars and for giving the country a "dose of confidence"
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NASA's Perseverance rover sends HD panoramic view of Mars landing site
According to a release by NASA, it was the rover's second panorama ever, as the rover's Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, also located on the mast, captured a 360-degree view on February 20
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China's Mars spacecraft Tianwen-1 enters parking orbit before landing rover
That follows the landing of the U.S. Perseverance rover last Thursday near an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater to search for signs of ancient microscopic life
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Mars Perseverance rover's giant parachute carried secret message from Earth
Engineers wanted an unusual pattern in the nylon fabric to know how the parachute was oriented during descent. Turning it into a secret message was "super fun," he said Tuesday
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NASA releases Perseverance Mars landing video: 'Stuff of our dreams'
The quality was so good - and the images so breathtaking - that members of the rover team said they felt like they were riding along
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First liftoff: Ingenuity copter to add aerial dimension to Mars exploration
The helicopter onboard the Perseverance rover aims to add the aerial dimension to Mars exploration, which remains unavailable to date
NASA rover sends first colour images of Mars, a high-resolution selfie too
NASAs Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing
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ETA February: Martian orbit to congest as Earth missions reach Red planet
Mars-bound missions from US, UAE and China will arrive in February with plans to deepen human understanding of the possibility of life beyond Earth
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