WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 successfully launched an Earth science mission jointly developed by the United States and France to monitor water levels and the effects of climate change. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 6:46 a.m. Eastern […]
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A “selfie” Curiosity took using two cameras on March 26, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s fancy new Perseverance Mars rover may be getting all the attention these days, but its predecessor, Curiosity, is still making breakthroughs. More than 2,000 miles away from Perseverance’s landing spot, Curiosity has been roaming Mars’ Gale Crater […]
By Krista Charles Mount Sharp on the Martian surface NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/CNES/CNRS/LANL/IRAP/IAS/LPGN Ancient Mars fluctuated between arid and humid periods, before taking on its current dry state. This conclusion comes from the study of high-resolution images captured by a telescope on the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012. The images […]
WASHINGTON — Loft Orbital is buying antennas for an upcoming mission from French provider Anywaves, a deal the companies see as a sign of a growing European ecosystem of space startups. Anywaves announced March 16 it sold two S-band antennas to Loft Orbital, which will install them on its YAM-3 […]
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released two historic audio recordings from the surface of Mars on Wednesday. In the first audio clip, recorded using the Perseverance Mars rover’s two microphones, listeners can hear wind. In their post on SoundCloud, NASA described the sound as “listening to a seashell or having a hand cupped over the ear.” They […]
VALLETTA, Malta — Italian rocket maker Avio’s small launch vehicle is set to return to flight in April following a failure late last year that resulted in the loss of two European observation satellites. Avio spokesperson Francesco Delorenzo told SpaceNews on March 8 that Vega was cleared for the upcoming […]
WASHINGTON — Astra has won a NASA contract to launch a small constellation of Earth science cubesats, while General Atomics selected Rocket Lab for the launch of a small satellite with a NOAA hosted payload. NASA announced Feb. 26 that it awarded a $7.95 million contract to Astra for three […]
NASA says its Perseverance rover is in ‘nice form’ after successfully touchdown on the floor of Mars final night time after a 239 million-mile journey. The landmark touchdown occurred shortly earlier than 4pm ET (9pm GMT) and NASA reside streamed all the course of to hundreds of thousands of keen […]