In theory, developing a spacecraft that will fly to Mars, insert itself into orbit around the red planet, and relay […]
Category: Mars
Without new landers or rovers, it’s helicopters or bust for NASA’s Mars program
NASA’s cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn’t include the helicopters. One of AeroVironment’s prototype Mars […]
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it’s not clear why
NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent five years traversing Jezero Crater looking for the chemical leftovers of whatever processes were at […]
A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?
National Air and Space Museum at 50 A timely tale about a 50-year-old robotic arm… Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, […]
After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
“I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.” The […]
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
“As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective,” NASA said in a press release. The spacecraft approached […]
One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions
“I think there’s plenty of fire lit under them already.” A rendering of Rocket Lab’s design for the Mars Telecommunications […]
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology
Skip to content Testing shows rotor blades won’t disintegrate when they spin at supersonic speed. Artist’s illustration of the SkyFall […]
Here is NASA’s plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars
Only one US-built nuclear reactor has ever flown in space, and that was more than 60 years ago. Artist’s illustration […]
Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater. When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed […]