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Mars explorer Ingenuity helicopter spots Perseverance rover from above

Helicopter Ingenuity continues zipping around above the Mars surface, recently completing its eleventh flight and taking photos of its rover buddy Perseverance......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsAug 14th, 2021

Voyager 1 team accomplishes tricky thruster swap

Engineers working on NASA's Voyager 1 probe have successfully mitigated an issue with the spacecraft's thrusters, which keep the distant explorer pointed at Earth so that it can receive commands, send engineering data, and provide the unique science.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 11th, 2024

Cloud atlas of Mars showcases array of atmospheric phenomena

Cloud enthusiasts have a new tool to investigate striking formations in the skies above the red planet. A browsable database of 20-years-worth of images of clouds and storms, created by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Berlin, is helping scientis.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 10th, 2024

Orchestrating a swarm of robots for exploration of canyon on Mars

An enormous canyon stretches across Mars: Valles Marineris is 3,000 kilometers long, 600 kilometers wide and on average 8 kilometers deep. Its Latin name goes back to the Mars orbiter Mariner, which discovered the valley in the early 1970s......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 10th, 2024

How to get up to $1,200 off the Galaxy Z Fold 6

The Samsung Galaxy Fold 6 is a brilliant blending of ingenuity and performance, and for a limited time, you could save up to $1,200 when you buy one!.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 7th, 2024

With NASA’s plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return

"China is likely to become the first country to return samples from Mars." Enlarge / A "selfie" photo of China's Zhurong rover and the Tianwen-1 landing platform on Mars in 2021. (credit: China National Space Administration).....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 6th, 2024

ChemCam hits 1 million laser shots on Mars since 2012

The ChemCam instrument, developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, recently zapped its laser for the 1 millionth time on Mars. Sitting on top of NASA's Curiosity rover, ChemCam has been helping make groundbreaking discoveries since 2012......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 6th, 2024

Video: Mars rover trials

Rover trials in a quarry in the U.K. showing a four-wheeled rover, known as Codi, using its robotic arm and a powerful computer vision system to pick up sample tubes......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 6th, 2024

NASA"s Hubble, MAVEN help solve the mystery of Mars"s escaping water

Mars was once a very wet planet, as is evident in its surface geological features. Scientists know that over the last 3 billion years, at least some water went deep underground, but what happened to the rest? Now, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and MA.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 5th, 2024

James Webb spots another pair of galaxies forming a question mark

Webb has stumbled across a question mark-shaped galaxy, and the reasons for its uniqueness reveal how the telescope looks at some of the most distant galaxies......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 4th, 2024

Ford recalls more than 100,000 vehicles due to faulty engine part

F-150, Ford Edge, Bronco, Explorer, Lincoln Nautilus and Aviator 2021-22 models may have intake valves that crack or break, leading to a loss of power......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsSep 4th, 2024

Huge deal: This Jackery portable power station is 45% off today

Power your campsite or parts of your home with the Jackery Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station, now on sale at Amazon for just $550!.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

NASA"s Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater

NASA's Perseverance rover is tackling a steep new challenge on Mars......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Blue Origin confirms target date for maiden flight of New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin has confirmed that it's targeting no earlier than October 13 for the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket for a NASA mission to Mars......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 27th, 2024

Amazon cut the price of this Jackery power station to under $200

The Jackery Explorer 300 portable power station, which comes with various ports for charging your devices, is down to $199 on Amazon after an $80 discount......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 24th, 2024

Researchers identify effective materials for protecting astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars

Researchers have identified specific materials, including certain plastics, rubber, and synthetic fibers, as well as Martian soil (regolith), which would effectively protect astronauts by blocking harmful space radiation on Mars. These findings could.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

Hubble spots the Tucana Dwarf in the dark

A splatter of stars glows faintly at almost 3 million light-years away in this new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Known as the Tucana Dwarf for lying in the constellation Tucana, this dwarf galaxy contains a loose bundle of aging stars at.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

First analysis of soil near the moon"s south pole suggests its surface was once covered in molten magma

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched last summer and its Vikram lander touched down on the moon's surface last August. Shortly thereafter, it released a rover called Pragyan. Since that time, the rover has been meandering around the surface of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 22nd, 2024

Starfield: Shattered Space launches next month, but its getting a big update today

Get ready for the Shattered Space DLC for Starfield this September by crusing around in the new REV-8 rover......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

Hubble spots a cluster of emission nebulae within the Large Magellanic Cloud

A bubbling region of stars both old and new lies some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. This complex cluster of emission nebulae is known as N11, and was discovered by American astronomer and NASA astronaut Karl Gordon Henize in 1.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

Image: Juice snaps moon en route to Earth

During the first step of humankind's first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission captured this stunning view of the moon......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024