This illustration shows the drone-like Mars-copter that will be included in the Mars 2020 mission. NASA / JPL-Caltech Time to spread those little wings and fly! NASA will send a helicopter to Mars in ...

The Mars 2020 Rover is scheduled to launch in July 2020, with a unique first—- the Rover will carry and deploy a tiny, autonomous rotorcraft, in a demonstration of the viability and potential of ...

Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its concept for a mission consisting of half a dozen autonomous helicopters that ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...