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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.

Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly in amazing video from Perseverance rover
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a stunning video of the Ingenuity helicopter on Aug. 3, during the little chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.

Mars: Everything you need to know about the Red Planet
By Charles Q. Choi last updated
Reference Mars, the fourth planet from the sun is famed for its rusty red appearance. Here we explore the Red Planet in more detail and see why scientists find it so intriguing.

New Lego Technic Perseverance Mars rover was a 'thrill' says JPL advisor
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Step 337 in assembling Lego's NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Technic model is to you install your name — assuming you were one of the nearly 11 million people who signed up to fly on the real rover.

Perseverance rover: Everything you need to know
By Nola Taylor Tillman, Mike Wall last updated
Reference NASA's Perseverance rover isn't just exploring the Red Planet. The life-hunting robot will also help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now, if all goes according to plan.

Building blocks of Mars life? Perseverance rover digs up diverse set of organic molecules on the Red Planet
By Charles Q. Choi published
NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear.

Mars rover Perseverance sets new record for making oxygen on Red Planet
By Leonard David published
Earlier this month, the MOXIE oxygen-making experiment on the Perseverance Mars rover achieved a major milestone.
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