NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

One Martian day is equivalent to 24 hours and 29 minutes on Earth. A day on Mars is known as a “sol.” One Martian year takes 668 sols, which works out to 687 Earth days. That’s why the next ...

Assumptions are made that the craft has already successfully completed a launch and transfer from Earth to a 1-sol Martian Orbit. This allows the team to focus only on EDL methods and technologies.

The eclipse lasted about 30 seconds, which makes the minutes-long solar eclipses seen from Earth ... spectators to glimpse — ...

Now atop Jezero Crater, the robotic explorer found quartz indicative of habitable environments and possibly the oldest rocks yet seen in the solar system.