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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter soars past 100 minutes of total Mars flight time
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 57th time on Sept. 3, a sortie that pushed the robot's total Red Planet air time over 100 minutes.

Perseverance Mars rover spots 'shark fin' and 'crab claw' rocks on Red Planet (photo)
By Robert Lea published
Is something fishy happening on the Red Planet, or is it all in our minds again?

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flies on Mars for the 56th time
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 56th time last week, staying aloft for nearly 2.5 minutes on a sortie that covered 1,344 feet (410 meters) of ground.

Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured photos of a big sunspot, which should rotate into view for those of us on Earth in the coming days.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter aces 55th Red Planet flight
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has taken to the skies yet again, covering 866 feet (264 meters) of ground on its 55th Red Planet flight.

How NASA's Curiosity rover overcame its steepest Mars climb yet (video)
By Andrew Jones published
The Curiosity Mars rover recently aced its toughest Red Planet climb yet: a sharp 23-degree slope covered slippery sand and wheel-size rocks.

NASA test-fires rocket motors that will help launch samples off Mars (video)
By Andrew Jones published
NASA has test-fired rocket motors as part of the development of an ascent vehicle designed to launch samples off the surface of Mars.

Ancient mud cracks on Mars suggest Red Planet may have been more habitable than thought
By Charles Q. Choi published
Ancient mud cracks found by NASA's Curiosity rover suggest that Mars underwent a repeated cycle of wet and dry spells that could have supported the emergence of life.
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