December 23rd, 2020
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has just begun Sol 2980 operations. Reports Michelle Minitti, a planetary geologist at Framework in Silver Spring, Maryland, a newly devised plan covers the ten sols that span the holidays here on Earth, “enabling Curiosity to keep exploring Gale crater while the scientists and engineers that guide her every move get […]
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2978 tasks. Newly relayed imagery shows the robot’s sandy and rocky surroundings:
Apollo 17 moonwalker, Harrison Schmitt’s new Chapter 12 is now online. “Pages of History” constitutes the seventh installment of “Apollo 17: Diary of the Twelfth Man” – with other chapters to follow. This captivating section chronicles EVA-3, the continuation of the exploration of the lunar surface at Taurus-Littrow on the third day after landing back […]
Fresh from the Moon via China’s Chang’e-5 mission about 3.8 pounds (1,731 grams) of lunar samples have been transferred to the National Astronomical Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Science on Saturday in Beijing. The container loaded with the specimens was carefully extracted from the recovered return capsule, and then escorted to the National […]
You could call him the Coronavirus spaceman. Larry Kuznetz is on a mission. A recently formed startup is called Planetary ProTech and has two key goals: Develop a unique spacesuit for Mars explorers by 2025 and a “Q-suit” for Earth by 2021. A 50-year veteran of the space program, Kuznetz was a flight controller during […]
China space planners are outlining future space exploration goals, bolstered by the success of their Chang’e-5 lunar sample return mission. Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar exploration program, said the country plans to build a prototype for a scientific research station at the south pole of the Moon by 2030. Moon missions In a […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2975 tasks. “With the successful completion of Monday’s drive, Curiosity has entered a new geologic unit that is characterized by a particularly rubbly surface texture,” reports Mariah Baker, a planetary geologist at the Center for Earth & Planetary Studies, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. “From orbit, […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2974 tasks. The robot is currently sitting at the edge of two geologic units, and a newly formed plan was focused on helping find that boundary and begin to determine the differences between them, reports Scott Guzewich, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in […]
The Chang’e-5 returner capsule carrying lunar samples is headed for a Beijing laboratory for opening, with an eagerly awaiting research team set to study the fresh Moon specimens. Given the success of the lunar exploration mission, China space officials say a next step is to cooperate with scientists of other nations to analyze the Moon […]
China has scored a major milestone in space exploration, robotically hauling back samples of the Moon to Earth. It is a feat that has not been duplicated by humans or automated means since 1976. The Chang’e-5 sample return capsule skyrocketed into the Siziwang Banner in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on December 16 with […]
