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In the process of lifting off from the Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter kicked up a real storm, as a new video shows.

New Vid Shows NASA’s Mars Helicopter Kicking Up Dust During Flight

By Victor Tangermann

According to Bob Balaram, Ingenuity's chief engineer at JPL, NASA's Mars helicopter has managed to shake off some dust that accumulated on its solar panels.

NASA Says Mars Helicopter Is Now Healthier Than It Was Before Flight

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has shown off the first high-resolution video of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter taking to the skies on Monday morning.

New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Flight in Higher Resolution

By Victor Tangermann

When SpaceX's Starship will go to the Moon for the first time, it won't be carrying passengers, as per its new contract with NASA.

NASA Will Require SpaceX to Land Empty Starship on Moon Before Sending Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity became the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on the surface of another planet earlier this morning.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Achieves Flight on Red Planet

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, NASA has officially chosen SpaceX to to build a rocket capable of landing astronauts on the Moon.

NASA Reportedly Chooses SpaceX to Develop Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is planning to launch a mission to the Moon's south pole — and it's scheduled for launch this October, as Space.com reports.

Russia Is Planning a Moon Landing Later This Year

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars lander InSight is caked in so much dust that it can't harness enough solar energy to stay operational through the Martian winter.

NASA Takes Emergency Action to Save Dying Mars Lander

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have concluded that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter needs to have its flight control software reinstalled.

NASA Says Oops, Mars Helicopter Needs Software Update to Fly

By Victor Tangermann

First, Musk claimed the title "Technoking of Tesla." Now, the billionaire has added the phrase "Imperator of Mars" to his Twitter bio.

Elon Musk Says He Is Now the “Imperator of Mars”

By Victor Tangermann

The White House has reiterated its support for NASA's Artemis program, with the goal of returning the first human astronauts to the surface of the Moon.

NASA Plans to Land First Person of Color on the Moon in Artemis Program

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA released a stunning new photo of Mars on Thursday depicting a series of bright-blue dunes near the Red Planet’s polar cap.

Amazing NASA Photo Shows Bright-Blue Dunes on Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA just powered up its Ingenuity Mars helicopter for the first time — not on the Martian surface, but in the middle of interplanetary space.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Hits Error, First Flight Delayed

By Tony Ho Tran

A low resolution video made up of several images shows NASA's Mars helicopter's two rotocopter blades spinning up on the surface of Mars.

Marscopter Spins up Blades in Preparation for Test Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Lakes and rivers on Mars likely dried up and reappeared several times over the course of history before they went away for good.

The Lakes of Mars Likely Dried Up Multiple Times Before Totally Vanishing

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its next incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Takes Selfie With Helicopter in Background

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has sent back a sweet selfie, a stunningly crisp self-image of the six-wheeled rover's "head."

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Took a Selfie and It’s Actually Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter dubbed Ingenuity is online and just snapped its first color photo over the weekend.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is Online and Just Sent Back a Photo

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's Hazard Avoidance Camera picked up what appears to be a perfect rainbow above the Red Planet's arid surface.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Rover Photo of “Rainbow” on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

In an email to Futurism, JPL media relations specialist Andrew Good confirmed that the "rainbow" spotted by Perseverance was the result of a lens flare.

NASA: That’s Not a Rainbow We Photographed on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has officially survived its first night alone after being deployed by the agency's Perseverance rover.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Night On Its Own

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists finally figured out what caused the gigantic spider-like formations on Mars' south pole by recreating the planet's environment in a lab.

Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious “Spiders” Spotted on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Mars Lander Detects Mysterious “Marsquakes”

Mars Lander Detects Mysterious “Marsquakes”

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has been teasing that there are two yet-undiscovered Easter eggs on its Perseverance Rover. Anyone who wants to find them has until Easter to try.

NASA Says There Are Still Easter Eggs on Its Mars Rover That Nobody Has Discovered

By Dan Robitzski

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft currently orbiting Mars has snapped a pair of breathtaking pictures of a sunlit crescent Mars.

China’s Mars Probe Takes Breathtaking Picture of Crescent Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA showed off a picture of a peculiar Martian rock that was zapped with its rover Perseverance's onboard laser.

NASA Shows Off Photo of Rock With Laser Holes From Mars Rover

By Victor Tangermann

In a rare turn of events, China's National Space Administration (CNSA) exchanged information with NASA about its Mars orbiter, as SpaceNews.com reports.

China Shared Information With NASA About Its Mars Orbiter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is getting ready to gently lower the agency's Ingenuity helicopter onto the Martian surface below it.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Just Unfurled Its Legs

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean President Moon Jae-in unveiled plans to develop and launch a lunar lander capable of reaching the Moon by 2030.

South Korean President Announces Plans To Land On The Moon By 2030

By Tony Ho Tran

UK credit broker Money.co.uk outlined how much it would cost to get a mortgage for a house on the Moon. Their numbers are way off.

Ridiculous Analysis Claims You Could Build a House on the Moon for $60 Million

By Victor Tangermann

To celebrate the occasion, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is stashing a small piece of fabric from the famous Wright aircraft under its solar panel.

NASA Hid a Small Piece of the Wright Brothers’ Airplane in Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk waded in to the world of UFO sightings, claiming his latest meme is the "strongest argument against aliens."

Elon Musk Has an Interesting Argument Against UFOs

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has chosen the location to attempt a historic first with its Ingenuity Helicopter: the first time a manmade object to take flight on Mars.

NASA Chooses “Airfield” Location for Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

In a tweet, Musk promised that "SpaceX will be landing Starships on Mars well before 2030." The real challenge is to make "Mars Base Alpha self-sustaining."

Elon Musk Says He’ll Be Landing Starships on Mars “Well Before 2030”

By Victor Tangermann

The architecture firm ABIBOO released mockups for a futuristic Martian city that would become a sustainable, off-world home to 250,000 people.

Plans Unveiled for Grand Mars City

By Dan Robitzski

Former US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe made some intriguing claims about the federal government's tracking of UFOs.

Former US Director of National Intelligence Says He’s Seriously Puzzled by UFOs

By Jon Christian

Thanks to a mountain of seismic data from NASA's InSight spacecraft, scientists finally took a precise measurement of the size of Mars' core.

Scientists Finally Measure the Size of Mars’ Core

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has released recordings of its Perseverance rover driving on the surface of Mars. And it sounds rough.

Listen to the Sounds NASA’s Rover Makes As It Drives Around Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently released footage of the first dust devil, a tiny, traveling twister, spotted by the Perseverance rover on Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Spotted a Tiny Twister on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new paper published by researchers at Caltech, Mars may still hold anywhere between 30 and 99 percent of its ancient water within its crust.

Mars’ Oceans May Have Drained Into Its Interior

By Victor Tangermann

Queen Elizabeth II took some time last week to join a Zoom call about Mars, space, and STEM to help celebrate British Science Week.

The Queen Joins WFH Culture, Participates In Zoom Call About Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.

NASA Using Navajo Language to Name New Mars Discoveries

By Tony Ho Tran

In order to protect Earth's biodiversity from global crises, a team of engineers suggests building a massive sperm bank and seed vault on the Moon.

Scientists Are Aiming to Send 6.7 Million Sperm Samples to the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's new Mars rover Perseverance scooped up its first rock and soil samples, officially beginning the hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Perseverance Is Now Officially Searching for Life on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has released an incredible video of the pictures its Perseverance rover took right before landing on Mars on February 18th.

First-Person Vid Shows Perseverance Hurtling Toward Mars Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists took a closer look at the comet-like tail that our Moon often grows and figured out that it comes from sporadic meteor impacts.

The Moon Has a Huge, Invisible, Comet-Like Tail

By Dan Robitzski

NASA research reveals that Mars dust is whipping around the inner solar system, blasting spacecraft and even reaching Earth.

Mars Is Spraying the Earth With Dust Storms, NASA Says

By Dan Robitzski

Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes their plans to develop a Moon base together -- and without NASA.

China and Russia Sign Deal to Build Research Base on Moon

By Jon Christian

Kilometer-high towers constructed out of lunar concrete and covered in solar panels at the Moon's poles could provide lunar bases with plenty of power.

Harvard Scientists Propose Super-Tall Towers to Power Moon Base

By Victor Tangermann

After touching down in the Jezero Crater on February 18, NASA's Mars rover is getting ready for its big journey — and dropping off a special delivery.

NASA May Have Picked a Place to Fly the Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.

Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced Friday that the touchdown site of the Perseverance Rover will be named after sci-fi writer and pioneer Octavia Butler.

NASA Names Mars Landing Site After Sci-Fi Pioneer Octavia Butler

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially on the move.Recently uploaded images show the six-wheeled robot's tracks imprinted in the dust around it.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Officially on the Move

By Victor Tangermann

The China National Space Administration released several new high-definition images captured by its Tianwen-1 Mars probe currently in the planet's orbit.

China Releases Stunning Images From Mars Orbiter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has spent the last week getting ready for work and stretching its seven foot robotic arm.

NASA’s Mars Rover “Percy” Stretches Its Arm for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

A company is trying to woo NASA into signing a contract with them to develop a fusion-powered spacecraft propulsion system for travel to Mars.

Fusion Thruster Startup Anticipates “First Town on Mars”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA released the first ever microphone recordings taken on the surface of Mars, as picked up by one of the Perseverance Mars rover's two microphones.

NASA Releases First-Ever Recording of Sound on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is inviting eight members of the public to fly with him around the Moon inside a SpaceX Starship in 2023.

Billionaire Says He’ll Fly Eight People Around the Moon for Free

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suggest putting a fish farm on the Moon after discovering that seabass and meagre eggs could survive the rough journey.

Scientists Suggest Farming Fish on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA embedded a secret code on the parachute of the Perseverance Mars rover to help inspire others. Here's exactly what it says.

All the Easter Eggs NASA Engineers Left on the Mars Rover

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA released a stunning high-resolution panorama of the Martian surface taken by Perseverance's Mastcam-Z camera. It spotted a strangely shaped rock.

NASA Scientists Spot Strangely Shaped Rock in Latest Mars Panorama

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gates wants everyday Bitcoin investors to remember that Elon Musk can afford to cut and run, but they likely cannot.

Bill Gates: You Should Probably Not Follow Elon Musk ‘To The Moon’ On BTC

By Dan Robitzski

New NASA research suggests that Mars' dust storms make the planet give off gravitational waves that push its already-scarce atmosphere out into space.

Mars Is Radiating Gravity Waves, Which Is Bad News For Human Settlers

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists ground up ancient Mars rocks to see if microbes could survive on it. They did, and its biosignatures could help the Perseverance team.

Scientists Grow Microbes on Actual Mars Rocks

By Dan Robitzski