China has successfully brought lunar rocks to Earth with Chang’e-5 and now plans to bring soil samples from Mars to Earth by 2030. A report in the Daily mail claims officials have confirmed that Mars is next after the successful mission to the Moon, where samples from the surface of …
Read More »SpaceX spacecraft prototype successfully launched … and then crashed in a huge fireball
A prototype of the future giant SpaceX Starship rocket, which the company hopes will become its destination for missions to Mars, crashed in a fiery explosion during a test launch along the Texas coast on Wednesday. But the company’s line was optimistic as a live broadcast of the launch showed …
Read More »Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover point to ancient mega-flood on Mars: study
NEW YORK: Giant Floods Once washed through Gale Crater on the equator of Mars about four billion years ago, according to a study hinting at the possibility that life may have existed on the red planet. The research, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, evaluated data collected by NASA’s …
Read More »Astronomers see possible signs of life in the clouds of Venus
Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high up in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus – hinting that there may be strange microbes living in sulfuric acid-laden clouds on the greenhouse planet. Two telescopes in Hawaii and Chile detected in the dense Venetian clouds the chemical signature of phosphine, …
Read More »NASA equips Perseverance rover with advanced lenses to explore Mars- Technology News, Firstpost
[ad_1] FP TrendsMay 06, 2020 09:35:45 IST In an attempt to fully explore Mars, the NASA space agency has equipped its Perseverance rover with the most advanced pair of “eyes”. NASA aims to study the geological features of the Jezero crater via Rover Perseverance. Mastcam-Z, located at the head of …
Read More »NASA’s Perseverance rover will look at Mars through two zoomed eyes
[ad_1] This summer, when NASA’s Perseverance rover launches, it will be equipped with the most advanced pair of eyes ever dispatched to Mars. The Mastcam-Z instrument in Perseverance has the next-generation zoom capability that will help the mission make 3D imaging easier. Rover drivers, the people who plan the driving …
Read More »NASA Mars rover | NASA’s 2020 ‘Perseverance’ Mars rover ready to hunt for life on the red planet; successful dry race
[ad_1] NASA Rover 2020 Mars & nbsp Key points A seventh-grade student from Virginia suggested the name of the Mars rover that will soon be launched by NASA. Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is preparing for the …
Read More »Alabama High School student names helicopter from Mars
[ad_1] Washington DC .: Vaneeza Rupani, a student at Albama High School, named the spacecraft that will attempt NASA’s first powered flight on another planet. Destined to become the first aircraft to attempt a powered flight on another planet, NASA’s Mars Helicopter has officially received a new name: Wit. Vaneeza …
Read More »Who is the chess player on Mars?
[ad_1] Mars opposition On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 10:51 GMT, the planet Mars approached Earth closer than ever in the past 60,000 years. It became the brightest object in the night sky, a beautiful red jewel in the sky, with an apparent diameter in the sky of approximately 25 …
Read More »3D glasses, dual earphones, and rock drilling – NASA engineers told us what it’s like to drive a Mars rover from home during the pandemic
[ad_1] NASA personnel are currently working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, and this includes the team that is currently piloting the Rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The team has had to find some creative solutions to overcome the problems of not working in a laboratory equipped …
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