The Ingenuity helicopter is too damaged to ever fly again. Yet before its final flight, NASA’s historic Mars craft captured a sprawling view of the Martian desert. In the aftermath of a “rough” landing during its 72nd flight, the small experimental chopper was left with...
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January 27, 2024 albert
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The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back some funky data from interstellar space that’s leaving NASA engineers scratching their heads. Readouts on the orientation of the 1970s-era space probe now appear to be randomly generated or don’t reflect any possible scenario the spacecraft could be...
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May 22, 2022 albert
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It started with 28,000. NASA just narrowed it down to one. The next Mars rover, which has been going by Mars 2020, has a name: Perseverance. (We’re officially giving it the nickname “Percy.”) The space agency announced the winning name Thursday during a livestreamed event...
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March 5, 2020 albert
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TESS, the satellite launched by NASA last month that will search thousands of stars for Earth-like exoplanets, has just sent back its first test image. It’s just a quick one, not “science-quality,” but it does give you an idea of the scale of the mission:...
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May 19, 2018 albert
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