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Interested in the Perseverance Mars Rover?

Perseverance landed on Mars on February 18, 2023. Perseverance is a real hot rod cursing at a max speed of .074 mph across Mars and it even comes equipped with its very own drone. If you wish to read more about Percy click here >.

Overview: The Mars Perseverance rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program and addresses high-priority science goals including whether life existed on Mars. The mission not only looks for signs if Mars was habitable in the ancient past, but also searches for signs of microbial life from the past as well.

The rover has many advanced features including a drill that can collect core samples of promising Martian rocks and soils and set them aside in a "cache" for later pickup. It will also demonstrate technologies that address the challenges of future human expeditions like producing oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. Percy will also work on identifying other resources like subsurface water; improving landing techniques; and determining environmental conditions that can affect future manned missions.

Interested in the Ingenuity Helicopter drone?

Ingenuity is a robotic helicopter drone that is designed to fly in the Martian atmosphere. In other words, go to about 100,000 ft in our atmosphere and those are its starting flight conditions on the Martian ground. If you wish to read more about Ingenuity click here >.

Overview: The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstrator that tests powered, controlled flight on another world. It hitched a ride to Mars on the Perseverance rover. Once Percy reached a suitable "airfield" location, it released Ingenuity to the surface so it could perform a series of test flights. Now that the demonstration phase is over, it will be testing how scouting and other functions can benefit future missions.

Interested in the Curiosity MSL?

Curiosity landed on Mars on August 6, 2012 and has been zooming at .0125 mph around making some awesome discoveries. You can read about it here >.

Overview: Named the Curiosity rover, the Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL) is part of NASA's larger effort to explore the red planet with various robots. It was designed to determine if Mars ever had an environment that could support small life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability."