NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity keeps giving us great bird's-eye views of otherworldly terrain.
Last Monday (Aug. 16), the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) chopper aced its 12th flight on the Red Planet , a sortie designed to scout out the "South Séítah" region of Jezero Crater for NASA's Perseverance rover .
China celebrates its first Mars mission on new gold and silver coins | collectSPACE
Rocket Lab’s Mars mission gets green light from NASA – TechCrunch
Rocket Lab is one step closer to going to Mars with NASA’s approval of the company’s Photon spacecraft for an upcoming science mission. If all continues according to plan the two craft will launch in 2024 and arrive on the red planet 11 months later to study its magnetosphere.
Even small Mars dust storms dry out the Red Planet, scientists find | Space
Thanks to data from three different Mars orbiters, scientists have determined that small, local dust storms, like their much larger counterparts, play a key role in drying out the Red Planet.
Martian dust storms can spread across the whole planet and envelope it in darkness. For a long time, planetary scientists have known that those behemoth storms were responsible for wicking away the planet's water.
Go on a Panoramic Video Tour of Mars With the Curiosity Rover
The rover has been puttering about the Gale Crater, a 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) basin on Mars, since first landing there in 2012.
These snapshots also provide some interesting insights into how the planet's environment has evolved over millions of years. The region that Curiosity previously explored was dominated by clay-rich rocks that formed in lakes, but now it's finding rocks filled with salty minerals called sulfates.
NASA approves UC Berkeley effort to put satellites in Mars orbit | KRON4
BERKELEY (BCN) — NASA has greenlighted a mission by University of California at Berkeley to put two satellites into orbit around Mars, university officials said Monday.
Dubbed ESCAPADE — Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers — the mission would launch in October 2024 and be in orbit in 2026.
Mars Hill University Prepares To Open Fall 2021 Semester | WKYK, WTOE
As the opening day of classes for the fall 2021 semester approaches on August 30, Mars Hill University continues to take steps to keep students, employees, and visitors healthy and safe.
As students arrive to check-in to their residence halls, they must present confirmation of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. The university will provide tests for those who cannot confirm a negative test result.
ICON Lands More Than $200 Million To 3D Print Homes, Ramps Up For NASA Mars And Moon Missions
With the housing shortage sweeping across the United States, ICON, the 3D printed home builder, has secured $207 million in a Series B round led by Norwest Venture Partners, for a total raise of $266 million.
The Austin-based company will use the funds to quadruple its fleet of house-printing robots by year end, and make the next generation better, faster, cheaper, and autonomous, said cofounder and CEO Jason Ballard.
NASA Seeks Proposals for Mars Ascent Vehicle Integrated System - GovCon Wire
NASA has asked industry for proposals to design, build and test multiple Mars ascent vehicles and related electrical and mechanical ground support equipment.
The MAV is part of the Mars Sample Return campaign meant to gather and send sample tubes of Martian rocks, atmosphere and regolith to Earth for detailed physical and chemical analysis.
NASA releases panoramic view of Mars - WBBJ TV
( CNN Newsource ) — WOW! NASA’s Mars Rover gives a panoramic view of what its seen on Mars so far.
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Soar over Mars with NASA's helicopter Ingenuity on its 12th flight (video) https://t.co/HNWnaj8Zyz https://t.co/wwP1eLwmPc SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Tue Aug 24 20:28:52 +0000 2021
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