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March 27, 2021

NASA's Orion capsule begins new water drop tests

NASA engineers at the Virginia-based Langley Research Center have begun a new series of four water-impact drop tests using a test version of the agency's Orion spacecraft capsule. 

March 23, 2021

NASA previews first Mars helicopter flights: Every step taken is 'uncharted territory'

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the first-ever attempt at power and controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. 

March 20, 2021

NASA's Mars helicopter completes tests, nears historic flight

Ingenuity, NASA's miniature Mars helicopter, is nearly ready to make history with the first powered flight on another planet.

March 20, 2021

Here's what it sounds like to go off-roading on Mars

The Perseverance Mars rover has sent back audio of it driving across the planet's surface. It's the first time such sounds have been heard on Earth.

March 18, 2021

Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured

NASA's InSight spacecraft has measured the size of Mars's core for the first time. 

March 18, 2021

Mars Perseverance rover captures first sounds of driving on Red Planet

NASA has released the first-ever recordings of a vehicle driving across Mars. 

March 17, 2021

New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

A new study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers at the California Institute of Technology questions whether or not a longheld theory about Mars still holds water.

March 17, 2021

What the Perseverance Mars rover has accomplished so far

It has been almost a month since the Perseverance Mars rover successfully landed on the red planet to the cheers of scientists and onlookers millions of miles away.

March 12, 2021

China, Russia reveal joint plan for lunar space station

China and Russia announced earlier this week that they had partnered to build a lunar research station.

March 11, 2021

Perseverance Mars rover's SuperCam delivers first readings, identifies rock targets

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's SuperCam instrument has sent back its first readings, including images of its first rock targets.