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Perseverance Rover Escapes Its Giant Martian Crater. Here’s What Happens Next

The rover trekked nearly 2,000 feet to get out of the crater, where it will explore a 4-billion-year-old environment.

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Up and over! NASA's Mars rover Perseverance reaches rim of its Jezero Crater home (video)

NASA's Perseverance rover has summited the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, a climb of 1,640 vertical feet that took about 3.5 months.

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A NASA rover just conquered a treacherous climb on Mars

The Perseverance rover has reached the top of the Jezero Crater rim on Mars, a hike that rose 1,640 feet — higher than the Empire State Building is tall.

NASA thinks it’s figured out why Mars helicopter crashed

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NASA thinks it’s figured out why the Mars helicopter crashed

Relying on remote data, including photographs taken after the flight, the investigators believe that “navigation errors created high horizontal velocities at touchdown,” which most likely resulted in Ingenuity experiencing a “hard impact on the sand ripple’s slope,” causing it to pitch and roll.

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NASA explains why Mars helicopter Ingenuity crashed on its 72nd flight

The first aircraft to achieve a powered, controlled flight on another planet, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, crashed on Mars 11 months ago when its navigation system became befuddled by a bland, featureless stretch of terrain and slammed so hard into the Martian surface that the tips of its rotor blades snapped.

NASA Now Knows Why Its Mars Helicopter Crashed

Imagine how much more difficult it would be to diagnose a helicopter accident that took place 69 million miles away with none of the usual data present to help. NASA had to do just that after its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter suffered an accident on Jan.

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Debris from ancient explosive volcanoes found at Mars rover landing site

In the search for life on Mars, scientists have discovered more about the planet’s explosive past. The future Mars rover ...

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Mars rover Perseverance sends home postcard from scenic 'Pico Turquino' (photo)

Percy is on a road trip to the rim of Jezero Crater. After an arduous ascent to the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, NASA's ...

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