Ingenuity Mars Helicopter spots Perseverance from above
Can you see NASA's newest rover in this picture from Jezero Crater?.....»»
Night-flying helicopters prepare to battle wildfire as heat wave bakes California
Clouds of dust swirled around the Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale as a massive helicopter hovered over a tank of wildfire retardant, dropped a long snorkel from its belly and sucked up 3,000 gallons of bright pink material in just about 90 seconds......»»
The Senate just lobbed a tactical nuke at NASA’s Mars Sample Return program
"The Committee has significant concerns about the technical challenges." Enlarge / The fate of a mission to return samples from Mars hangs in the balance. (credit: NASA) The US Senate on Thursday slashed the budget for N.....»»
New study reveals evidence of diverse organic material on Mars
A new study featuring data from the NASA Mars Perseverance rover reports on an instrumental detection potentially consistent with organic molecules on the Martian surface, hinting toward past habitability of the Red Planet. The research, led by a tea.....»»
Rover sampling finds organic molecules in water-altered rocks on Mars
No clear implications for life, but some samples could be brought back to Earth. Enlarge / Jezero crater shows clear signs of water-formed deposits, so it's not a surprise to find water-altered material there. (credit: NASA/MSSS/.....»»
A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth
Rivers have flowed on two other worlds in the solar system besides Earth: Mars, where dry tracks and craters are all that's left of ancient rivers and lakes, and Titan, Saturn's largest moon, where rivers of liquid methane still flow today......»»
James Webb spots the most distant active supermassive black hole ever discovered
A very early example of a supermassive black holes was recently discovered, dating back to just 570 million years after the big bang......»»
Helicopter underwater escape training for ESA"s astronaut support team
Last week, members of ESA's astronaut support teams participated in a helicopter underwater escape training. This training is mandatory for people involved in astronaut landing operations, including flight surgeons and photographers, who capture the.....»»
Perseverance discovers a doughnut-shaped rock on Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this doughnut-shaped rock in Jezero Crater from about 328 feet (100 meters) away using its Remote Microscopic Imager (RMI), part of the SuperCam instrument, on June 22, 2023, the 832nd Martian day, or sol, of t.....»»
NASA locks four crew members into a one-year mission in a simulated Mars habitat
On June 25, 2023, a crew of four volunteers entered a simulated Martian habitat, from which they will not emerge for over a year. Their mission: to learn more about the logistics—and the human psychology—of living long-term on another planet, wit.....»»
NASA restores contact with Mars helicopter after nine weeks of silence
NASA has restored contact with its Mars helicopter after 63 days of silence. The communications dropout, however, wasn't unexpected......»»
Mars has liquid guts and strange insides, InSight suggests
Wobbles in its rotation are difficult to explain without a liquid core. Enlarge / Artist's view of what InSight looked like after landing. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Mars appears to be a frozen expanse of red dust, gapin.....»»
James Webb spots first starlight from ancient quasars in mind-blowing discovery
James Webb has managed to do some crazy things. Not only has it captured some amazing images of our universe, but it has also peered … The post James Webb spots first starlight from ancient quasars in mind-blowing discovery appeared first on BG.....»»
NASA"s Mars helicopter "phones home" after no contact for 63 days
Long time, no speak: NASA has re-established contact with the intrepid Ingenuity Mars Helicopter after more than two months of radio silence, the space agency said Friday......»»
James Webb spots clues to the large-scale structure of the universe
If you look at the universe on a big enough scale, galaxies aren't randomly scattered. Instead, they form a structure known as the cosmic web......»»
NASA’s skywatching tips for July feature stars called Regulus and Fomalhaut
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and stars feature in NASA's latest roundup of ideas on what to look out for in the night sky over the coming weeks......»»
NASA just locked four people in a fake Mars base for a year
NASA has officially kicked off one of its biggest and most intriguing experiments to date. The experiment will see four non-astronauts locked in NASA’s fake … The post NASA just locked four people in a fake Mars base for a year appeared first.....»»
Gullies on Mars could have been formed by recent periods of liquid meltwater, study suggests
A study led by Brown University researchers offers new insights into how water from melting ice could have played a recent role in the formation of ravine-like channels that cut down the sides of impact craters on Mars......»»
The Mars Sample Return mission is starting to look expensive
Getting to space is hard. It's even more hard to do new and interesting things in space. And when projects get hard, that usually means they cost more money. That is certainly the case for one of the most anticipated missions on NASA's current docket.....»»
The best places to land in Warzone: Vondel, Al Mazrah, and Ashika Island
Picking the best landing spot on Ashika Island in Warzone 2.0 will set you up for success. These are the best landing spots on Ashika Island......»»
Germany is building a tiny rover that will roam the surface of Phobos
At this very moment, eleven robotic missions are operating in orbit or on the surface of Mars, more than at any point during the past 60 years. These include the many orbiters surveying the red planet from orbit, the handful of landers and rovers, an.....»»