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NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity to make first flight attempt on Sunday

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet

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With blessings from Wright Brothers, Ingenuity aims for 1st flight by Apr 8

The rover is in transit to the 'airfield' where the Ingenuity will attempt to fly. Once deployed, it will have 30 Martian days, or sols, (31 Earth days) to conduct its test flight campaign

US says its India partnership will help optimise world's natural resources

Noting the importance of a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and ISRO, the US State Department said the "steller" partnership, will help optimise management of the world's natural resources

Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket successfully passes critical 'hot fire' test

NASA has completed a crucial hot fire test of the core stage of Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which is designed to power future Moon missions under the agency's Artemis programme

Nasa's Perseverance rover records first-ever sounds of driving on Mars

National Aeronautics Space Administration newest Mars rover has sent back recordings of - bangs, pings and rattles- the first-ever sounds of driving on Mars

NASA astronauts conduct fifth spacewalk of 2021 for technical maintenance

US astronauts Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins have now returned to the International Space Station (ISS) after completing a spacewalk for technical and maintenance tasks, NASA said

NISAR satellite: Isro ready with a radar to observe Earth with Nasa

The Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is a collaboration between the Indian and US space agencies for a dual-frequency L and S-band SAR for earth observation

ISRO develops radar for joint earth observation satellite mission with NASA

ISRO has completed development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of producing extremely high-resolution images for a joint earth observation satellite mission with the US space agency NASA

ISRO chairman flags off NISAR payload to Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NISAR is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to measure Earth's changing ecosystem

NASA's new Mars rover hits dusty red road, 21 feet in first test drive

NASA's newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive.

Biden lauds NASA for landing Mars rover, giving US 'dose of confidence'

Biden congratulated the NASA team responsible for last month's successful landing of rover on Mars and for giving the country a "dose of confidence"

Planet X or a mirage?

This theoretical planet could be taking between 10,000 and 20,000 Earth years for one full revolution around the Sun

NASA's Perseverance rover sends HD panoramic view of Mars landing site

According to a release by NASA, it was the rover's second panorama ever, as the rover's Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, also located on the mast, captured a 360-degree view on February 20

China's Mars spacecraft Tianwen-1 enters parking orbit before landing rover

That follows the landing of the U.S. Perseverance rover last Thursday near an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater to search for signs of ancient microscopic life

'Russian' hackers targeted NASA networks as part of SolarWinds attack

NASA and the FAA were named ahead of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing tasked with investigating the widespread cyberattack

Mars Perseverance rover's giant parachute carried secret message from Earth

Engineers wanted an unusual pattern in the nylon fabric to know how the parachute was oriented during descent. Turning it into a secret message was "super fun," he said Tuesday

NASA releases Perseverance Mars landing video: 'Stuff of our dreams'

The quality was so good - and the images so breathtaking - that members of the rover team said they felt like they were riding along

Watch: When Nasa's Perseverance Rover landed safely on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet after traversing 472 million kilometres from Earth. The rover accomplished the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Watch the video for all the related information.

NASA rover sends first colour images of Mars, a high-resolution selfie too

NASAs Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing