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SpaceX's Starship SN15 rocket prototype launches on a 10-kilometer test flight from SpaceX's Starbase test site near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on May 5, 2021.

The top space stories of the week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s fifth flight was captured on May 7, 2021, by one of the navigation cameras aboard the agency’s Perseverance rover. This was the first time Ingenuity flew to a new landing site.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands at new airfield after 5th flight

By Mike Wall

Ingenuity made its fifth Martian flight today (May 7), cruising to a new patch of ground on its first one-way trip on the Red Planet.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter (upper right) using its Mastcam-Z camera on April 30, 2021.

Perseverance rover captures sounds of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's flight in awesome first (video)

By Mike Wall

NASA's Perseverance rover captured the whirring of Ingenuity's fast-spinning rotors during the little chopper's fourth Red Planet flight, which took place on April 30.

See scenes from Sol 9 of the Sensoria 2 Mars simulation mission at the HI-SEAS habitat in Hawaii in these views from Space.com's Chelsea Gohd.

Visit 'Mars' with me in Space.com's new 'Space Traveler' mini-documentary out now

By Chelsea Gohd

Follow along with me, Space.com senior writer Chelsea Gohd, as I become an analog astronaut in a brand new documentary.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took this photo during its fourth flight on April 30, 2021. The image shows “Airfield B,” where Ingenuity will seek to land on its fifth flight, on May 7.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will head to new airfield today on 5th flight

By Mike Wall

Ingenuity is scheduled to make its fifth Martian flight today (May 7), a jaunt that will be unlike anything the 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper has attempted so far.

An image of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars composed of 57 separate photographs the rover took on May 12, 2019.

Radiation resistance is baked into the Perseverance Mars rover. Here's why that's important.

By Elizabeth Howell

Xilinx's radiation-resistant integrated circuits help power cameras and instruments on NASA's Perseverance rover.

An image of Mars captured by the Hope spacecraft on Feb. 26, 2021, shows Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.

Welcome to Mars! Bill Nye and Robert Zubrin hail new Red Planet visitors.

By Elizabeth Howell

Two prominent space advocacy groups are cheering the new generation of Mars explorers.

The Hope Mars mission captured this image of Mars on Feb. 26, 2021, showing Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.

UAE Hope Mars orbiter: The Arab world's first interplanetary mission

By Jeremy Rehm, Meghan Bartels

The Hope Mars mission is the United Arab Emirates' first interplanetary spacecraft and will study the Red Planet's atmosphere.

may 2021 starry night mars

The brightest planets in May's night sky: How to see them (and when)

By Joe Rao

Here's how to see planets visible in May's night sky.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will continue to fly on the Red Planet as today (April 30), NASA announced that its mission will be extended for 30 sols.

NASA extends Mars helicopter Ingenuity's high-flying mission on Red Planet

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will keep flying for an additional 30 days (at least), the agency announced today (April 30).

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover acquired this image of the Ingenuity helicopter (upper right) using its Mastcam-Z camera on April 30, 2021.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity goes faster and farther than ever on 4th flight

By Mike Wall

Ingenuity aced its fourth-ever Martian flight this morning (April 30), going farther and faster than it ever had before.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity (lower right, photographed by the Perseverance rover) didn't get off the ground as planned on April 29, 2021.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity misses takeoff for 4th flight on Red Planet

By Mike Wall

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity was supposed to get a real workout this morning (April 29), but things didn't go as planned.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes its third flight on the Red Planet in this zoomed-in view of a photo from the Perseverance rover taken on April 25, 2021.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will attempt its boldest flight yet today

By Tariq Malik

After three successful test flights, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is ready to push the envelope in the skies of the Red Planet.

Elon Musk warned of the dangers of crewed Mars exploration in an April 22, 2021 interview.

Elon Musk reminds us all that 'a bunch of people will probably die' going to Mars

By Chelsea Gohd

This isn't the first time that the tech billionaire has mentioned the likely demise of future Mars-bound astronauts.

This zoomed-in view from NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity shows the Perseverance rover and its tracks from the air on April 25, 2021. (This photo has been cropped so that the rover is more clearly visible.)

Mars helicopter Ingenuity spots Perseverance rover from the air (photo)

By Mike Wall

We've never seen a Mars rover from this vantage point before.

Artist's impression of a primitive ocean on Mars, which may have had more water than the Arctic Ocean on Earth. (Most of that water was later lost to space.)

Mystery solved? Heat-trapping clouds may explain ancient Mars' rivers and lakes

By Mike Wall

Cloudy skies may have allowed water to flow on Mars long ago.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes its third flight on the Red Planet in this photo from the Perseverance rover taken on April 25, 2021.

See amazing video of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's boundary-stretching 3rd flight

By Mike Wall

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity broke new ground during its latest Red Planet flight, as video of the sortie shows.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes its third flight on the Red Planet in this zoomed-in view of a photo from the Perseverance rover taken on April 25, 2021.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity goes long distance in 3rd flight on Red Planet

By Mike Wall

Ingenuity aced its third-ever Martian flight early this morning (April 25), adding to its already impressive resume.

Artist's illustration of China's Tianwen-1 Mars rover, which has been named "Zhurong," on the Red Planet. Zhurong is expected to land in mid-May 2021.

Meet 'Zhurong': China names Tianwen-1 Mars rover ahead of mid-May landing attempt

By Andrew Jones

China has named its first-ever Mars rover "Zhurong" after an ancient fire god ahead of a landing attempt on the Red Planet in May.

This photo, snapped on April 22, 2021 by NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, shows tracks made by the Perseverance rover on Jezero Crater's floor. “This is the first color image of the Martian surface taken by an aerial vehicle while it was aloft,” NASA officials wrote.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity snaps epic photo of rover tracks, will attempt 3rd flight Sunday

By Mike Wall

NASA's history-making Mars helicopter Ingenuity will make its third Red Planet flight this weekend, if all goes according to plan.