The United States of America is back on the lunar surface for the first time in the 21st century. Intuitive Machines safely conducted a nail-biting descent using its Odysseus lunar lander to attain such a milestone for Americans. Odysseus is a robotic lander developed by Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based company. The lander successfully touched down […]
On Jan. 18, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made its last flight on the red planet. During its last Mars flight, the chopper suffered rotor damage that prevented it from continuing with its aerial exploration of the red planet. After its last flight, the rotorcraft landed in its final resting place. Now, NASA has bestowed a
On January 19, NASA announced that it lost contact with its 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Mars Ingenuity Helicopter. The agency announced after the chopper completed its 72nd flight on the red planet on Jan. 18. “Data Ingenuity sent to the Perseverance rover (which acts as a relay between the helicopter and Earth) during the flight indicates
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Billions of years ago, when our solar system was just in its infant stage, three planets used to provide a habitable environment to sustain life. These three planets include Earth, Venus, and Mars. However, today, only Earth is known to have lifeforms. But why did Venus and Mars lose their thriving life-supporting environments? Both planets
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NASA’s Perseverance rover completed its 1,000 Martian days, or Sols on the red planet on December 12, 2023. NASA celebrated the milestone by releasing a 360-degree mosaic of the rover’s current location on Mars. The agency also released a video describing the scene of the rover, and Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley narrated the scenes to
The latest images from Mars reveal how a dust storm can lift tons of grains within a short duration. The United Arab Emirates Hope mission took some Mars images before and after a recent dust storm. These images reveal “discernible alterations on the surface,” as described by UAE’s officials handling the Hope mission on X,
Astrobiologists have continued to advance their search for microbial life within and outside the solar system. A recent discovery made by scientists seems to be moving us closer to making a new fascinating discovery for humankind. A team of scientists from the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory recently studied spacecraft images and data
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover just completed its 1,000 Mars days on the red planet. Unlike Earth, Mars Days are slightly longer. One Sol is about 24 hours and 37 minutes. This implies that the Perseverance rover has been exploring the hostile environment of Mars for 1000 Mays days or sols. Perseverance team and scientists across
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It’s the evening of 19th April 2074, Michael, Kim, and Philips are standing next to huge vegetation inside their Martian outpost. The crew noticed that some vegetables that they had been growing using the hydroponics method were dying. Michael could see the sadness written all over the faces of Kim and Philips. It’s been three
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Mars is a rocky planet occupied with strange-looking rocks. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently captured a new image of an avocado-shaped rock on Mars. The most powerful rover on Mars has been exploring Mars’ Jezero Crater in search of Alien life since it landed on the red planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Since it commenced
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