Engineers at JPL are certifying the Perseverance rover to drive up to 100 kilometers. The Perseverance rover looks back on […]
Tag: planetary science
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: […]
Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil
Skip to content A rigid ice shell over a shrinking interior makes for pressures low enough to boil. Our exploration […]
Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission
Blue Origin is counting down to launch of its second New Glenn rocket Sunday. The New Glenn rocket rolls to […]
Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System
“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.” A life-size replica of […]
We saw the heart of Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest
A 50-year wait for a second mission wouldn’t be surprising. Just ask Uranus and Neptune. Four images from New Horizons’ […]
A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment
“Very early in Mars’ history, maybe 4 billion years ago, the planet was warm enough to support lakes and river […]
Testing a robot that could drill into Europa and Enceladus
We don’t currently have a mission to put it on, but NASA is making sure it’s ready. Geysers on Saturn’s […]
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there are no plans to mine Psyche, such […]
Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
Skip to content That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars’ interior. The north […]