“As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective,” NASA said in a press release. The spacecraft approached […]
Category: Mars
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 […]
Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy
This is important because it means these rocks were less likely to have been altered in a hydrothermal environment, where […]
Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
In this, Musk is starting to sound a lot more like Bezos when it comes to his vision for human […]
NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft—and it must decide soon
“We think that’s a really important mission, and something that we can do.” This is Blue Origin’s design for a […]
NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars
Engineers at JPL are certifying the Perseverance rover to drive up to 100 kilometers. The Perseverance rover looks back on […]
NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one
Technicians work on the MAVEN spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its launch in 2013. Credit: […]