NASA’s Perseverance rover is slowly getting ready to deploy the first helicopter on Mars even as it takes a look back at the litter it’s dropping on the Red Planet. The rover, which was sterilized on Earth to prevent contaminating Mars with … Read More
The Starship SN11 prototype joined SpaceX’s previous three prototypes in rocket heaven on Tuesday. The uncrewed launch of SN11, Elon Musk’s next-generation rocket, took place on Tuesday at 8 a.m. local time (6 a.m. PT) from the Starship development facility in … Read More
Engineers announced on Tuesday that NASA has selected a location on Mars for the first demo flight of its Ingenuity mini helicopter. The four-pound rotorcraft is preparing to make the first powered flight on another planet, demonstrating a new capability … Read More
The board is set. The pieces are almost in motion. This week NASA provided the first shot of Ingenuity, a miniature Mars helicopter. Here it’s seen stowed sideways, folded up and locked in place.The helicopter is nearly ready to make … Read More
Stunning new images of spidery frost deposits and deep canyons on Mars, as well as new gas discoveries, have rocked the science world for a month full of news on the Red Planet as a total of three new Mars … Read More
Perseverance’s SuperCam instrument recorded the first acoustic audio of laser impacts on a rock target on Mars on March 2, 2021, the 12th sol (Martian day). According to a lot of sci-fi fans, space lasers sound like “pew pew pew.” … Read More