After 3 Years, NASA’s Mars Camera Drone Has Made Its Final Flight
After greatly exceeding expectations and making dozens more trips into the Martian sky than planned, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter drone has made its final flight. Rest now, king.
The Inside Story of How NASA’s Odyssey Saw Mars in a New Way
NASA's Odyssey orbiter has captured a never-before-seen view of Mars, mimicking the perspective of Earth astronauts have from the International Space Station.
The Inside Story Behind Curiosity’s Time-Blended Mars Panorama
Earlier this week, NASA shared an incredible time-blended composite panorama its team captured with Curiosity's navigation camera. PetaPixel spoke with Doug Ellison from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in southern California, the man who planned, captured, and processed the photos to make the "postcard."
NASA’s NEOWISE Telescope Has Taken a 12-Year Timelapse of the Entire Sky
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE, spacecraft captures images in all directions as it circles the Sun. Using all 18 sky maps it has taken thus far, scientists have created what they say is a timelapse movie of the sky that spans more than a decade.
Mars Curiosity Rover Snaps Photo of ‘Doorway’ on Mars
Last week, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover captured a photo of what looks like a purposefully carved doorway that leads somewhere into the depths of the Red Planet.
Perseverance Rover Captures Stunning Solar Eclipse from Mars
The Mars Perseverance rover has captured detailed footage of Phobos, one of the Red Planet's moons, crossing the face of the Sun. It is the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse taken from the Martian surface.