The rover topped 800 feet with a self-drive function.
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Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 19th flight after historic Red Planet weather delay
Ingenuity aced a 100-second sortie on Tuesday (Feb. 8), its 19th Red Planet flight overall but its first since Dec. 15. A dust storm pushed the liftoff date back by more than a month.
Massive Rocky Planets Probably Don’t Have big Moons
The Moon has orbited Earth since the Solar System’s early days. Anyone who’s ever spent time at the ocean can’t fail to notice the Moon’s effect. The Moon drives the tides even in the world’s most remote inlets and bays. And tides may be vital to life’s emergence.
Monitoring crop health across the Netherlands
The Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions measure and image our planet in different ways to return a wealth of complementary information so that we can understand and track how our world is changing, and how to better manage our environment and resources. Thanks to the benefits of different types of data from two particular Copernicus Sentinel missions and an ingenious new dataset tool, people working in the agriculture sector, but who are not satellite data experts, can monitor the health and development of crops, right down to each crop in individual fields.
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket to carry Mars samples back to Earth
Lockheed Martin will build the Mars Ascent Vehicle, a small rocket that will launch pristine Red Planet samples back toward Earth a decade or so from now.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Eccentricity
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll be sure to find your center with today’s topic: eccentricity!
Eccentricity is a measure of how circular an orbit is. An eccentricity of 0 means that the orbit a perfect circle. Anything between 0 and 1 is an elliptical orbit. An eccentricity of exactly 1 gives a parabola, which isn’t much or an orbit at all, but rather an escape trajectory. Finally, a value greater than 1 is an orbit with the shape of a hyperbola, which is also an escape trajectory.
Rugged Mars has taken big bites out of the Curiosity rover's wheels (photos)
NASA's Curiosity rover has left plenty of marks on Mars over the past nine-plus years, and the Red Planet is returning the favor.
New Startup Quantum Space is Planning to Build a Robotic Outpost Near the Moon
The Moon is sure to be a hotspot of economic activity as human commercial endeavors start to expand into space. Not only is it a ball of resources with a relatively small gravity well, but it also happens to be our nearest neighbor. But to unlock that potential, companies will have to build up an infrastructure that will allow for the exploitation of those resources. Enter Quantum Space, a new start-up from a group of heavy-hitting space experts looking to help make that potential a reality – by building a robotic spaceport around the moon.
The Comfort and Delight of Celestial “Reruns”
Seeing the same target again has the comfort of a beloved rerun, while offering the opportunity for new discoveries.
A rogue rocket is on course to crash into the moon. It won't be the first.
Some astronomers say the collision is "not a big deal," but to a space archaeologist like me it's quite exciting.
The 'morning star' Venus returns to the dawn sky this month
The planet Venus has returned to the early morning sky and has established itself as a dazzling morning lantern, emerging into view from beyond the east-southeast horizon before 5 a.m. local standard time.
India to attempt its next moon landing with Chandrayaan 3 launch in August
India plans to give landing on the moon a second try with its Chandrayaan 3 mission, which is now targeted to launch in August.
Russia wants to speed up space station cargo deliveries with shorter, one-orbit flights
The Russian space agency released a proposal to allow its Progress cargo ships to arrive in a single orbit, an unprecedented two-hour flight.
What is the biggest thing in the universe?
Earth and even the sun are puny compared to a mighty, hulking source of gamma-rays.
SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage breaks up in Earth's atmosphere, 5 years after launch
The rocket stage helped heft the Echostar 23 satellite to orbit in 2017.
Mars Could Have Been wet for Much Longer Than Previously Believed
Billions of years ago, Mars was a much different place than it is today. During the same period when life was first emerging on Earth, Mars had a thicker atmosphere, warmer surface temperatures, and flowing water on its surface. Evidence of this warmer, wetter past is preserved on the planet’s surface today in the form of river channels, lakebeds, alluvial fans, and sedimentary deposits. When this period began, and how long it lasted, remains the subject of much debate for scientists.
SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images
A SpaceX rocket's upper stage was caught on camera careening toward a collision course with the moon.
Astra rocket aborts 1st Florida launch attempt at last second (video)
The first-stage engines of Astra's Launch Vehicle 0008 fired up as planned today (Feb. 7), but the rocket aborted the liftoff try shortly thereafter due to a telemetry issue.
The Big Bang: What really happened at our universe's birth?
Our universe was born 13.7 billion years ago in a massive expansion that blew space up like a giant balloon.
Olay erects statue of rocket engineer Mary Golda Ross to promote STEM equity
In life, Mary Golda Ross helped develop a rocket stage that served as a rendezvous and docking target for astronauts preparing to go to the moon. A new statue, donated by Olay, honors her legacy.
