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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Astrobotic earlier announced that the Peregrine moon lander was heading towards Earth’s atmosphere to safely crash on January 18. The company that launched the lunar lander announced that the spacecraft successfully counted down to its final hours in space before finally losing contact with it on January 18. Astrobotic revealed that it brought down the
On January 17, SpaceX will launch private astronauts on an Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft will commence its journey to the orbiting laboratory from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The liftoff will take off at 4:49 p.m. EST (2149 GMT). During the liftoff, the SpaceX Dragon capsule stacked atop
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After the last Apollo 17 lunar lander left the surface of the moon in 1972, no other US moon landing mission has made it to the lunar surface. However, Americans commenced their return to the lunar surface today. United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur just launched on its first-ever flight named Cert-1, early this morning
If you have always wished to send your name to the moon, this will be the best opportunity for you as your name could fly to the moon later this year. NASA is inviting space enthusiasts to put their name aboard its VIPER moon rover which will liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in
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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
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
Since NASA commenced with its Apollo space programs, the agency never considered sending a crewed rover to the moon. On July 26, 1971, NASA launched the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), alongside the Apollo 15 crew consisting of Commander David Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden, and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin. The astronauts were launched
A rumor in the spring of 2016, claiming that the moon would turn green. The green moon occurred because of the planets’ alignment, which will cause an eerie glow, according to EarthSky. But did our celestial neighbor turn green? The celestial body turning green occurrence was on April 20 and again on May 29 for
On the evening of Dec. 11, one of the rarest astronomical events will occur. This event will feature an asteroid passing in front of the puzzling red star Betelgeuse. The space rock will eclipse the red star from our vantage point on Earth. Astronomers reveal that the asteroid will block the star from our view
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