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NASA helicopter's mission ends after three years on Mars

Posted in Science on 31st Jan, 2024
by Alex Muller

On January 25, however, NASA confirmed its rotocopter damaged at least one blade while completing a flight on January 18. Although upright and still in communication with ground control, Ingenuity’s days of aerial exploration are definitely behind it.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight distance record on Mars

Posted in Hardware, Science on 29th Dec, 2023
by Alex Muller

Although intended to only last 5 trips, Ingenuity just completed its 69th trip above the Martian surface.

NASA's Psyche mission to all-metal asteroid, to better understand the Earth, nears liftoff

Posted in Science on 29th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller

"If you can get a measurement of Psyche, then you got the original material in its original state, and then many, many of those Psyches may have added up to make our Earth"

What's Next For The Moon?

Posted in Science on 24th Jul, 2023
by Alex Muller

The moon, private space travel, and the wider solar system will all have major missions over the next 12 months.

NASA Asteroid Impact Mission Triggers Surprise Avalanche of Space Boulders

Posted in Science on 24th Jul, 2023
by Alex Muller

The aim was to try to knock Dimorphos slightly off its current orbit around larger asteroid Didymos, to test how capable we are of doing so in the possible event of a hazardous asteroid headed in Earth's direction.