Apr 22 NASA’s Mars helicopter soars higher, longer on 2nd flight By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press "It sounds simple, but there are many unknowns regarding how to fly a helicopter on Mars," Ingenuity's chief pilot, Havard Grip, said from JPL in a statement. "That's why we're here — to make these unknowns known."… Continue reading
Apr 19 NASA helicopter Ingenuity successfully flies on Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It was a brief hop — just 39 seconds — but accomplished major milestones and was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment. Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter achieves first controlled flight on Mars By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The experimental helicopter that accompanied Perseverance on its recent journey to Mars successfully pulled off the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 4:15 News Wrap: Biden, Harris meet with Asian American leaders in Atlanta following attacks In our news wrap Friday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Asian American community leaders in Atlanta as authorities publicly identified the remaining shooting victims from this week's deadly attacks. Also, the Taliban is warning the… Continue watching
Mar 19 Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle to lead NASA. Continue reading
Mar 05 Spacewalkers finish solar panel prep for station power boost By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's Kate Rubins and Japan's Soichi Noguchi successfully installed mounting brackets and struts Friday for the solar wings due to arrive in June. Continue reading
Mar 04 WATCH: Biden lauds NASA team for giving U.S. ‘dose of confidence’ By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The NASA rover traveled some 300 million miles in nearly seven months, as part of an ongoing quest to study whether there was once life on the planet. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 3:41 News Wrap: FDA close to approving a third COVID vaccine for emergency use In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is nearing approval of a third COVID vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson for emergency use as COVID cases begin rising. Also, more than 300 girls are missing in… Continue watching
Feb 26 WATCH: NASA names D.C. headquarters for ‘Hidden Figures’ engineer By Associated Press NASA on Friday is named its Washington headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film "Hidden Figures."… Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: NASA’s Perseverance rover sends new video and images of Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA equipped the spacecraft with a record 25 cameras and two microphones, many of which were turned on during last week's descent. Continue reading