June 4th, 2020
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2783 tasks. Meanwhile, a new rover road map has been issued. This map shows the route driven by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity through the 2780 Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission on Mars (June 1, 2020). Numbering of the dots along the line […]
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A new update on that troubled Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) experiment deployed by NASA’s Insight Mars lander. The “mole” is part of the HP3 and has only managed to partially bury itself since it started hammering in February 2019. Good news “We have good news! The mole is in the ground […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2781 duties. Recent planning calls for the robot wheeling more than 1.5 kilometers – driving to the next major unit of Mt. Sharp, the “sulfate-bearing” unit. “During this traverse the focus will be on driving as far as we can each sol, but we’ll still be […]
Who2 has created GIANT LEAPS: Heroes of Space and Flight – a new solitaire game that celebrates great pilots, astronauts, inventors, and daredevils of the past two centuries, from Neil Armstrong to the Montgolfier Brothers, even Russia’s Laika space dog! Who2 staffers Paul Hehn and Fritz Holznagel chose the 52 groundbreaking figures and wrote […]
A Europlanet Telescope Network collaboration will initially link 15 observatories around the globe to provide coordinated observations and rapid responses in support of planetary research. “Our aim with this new network is to support a global community that can react fast and effectively to observational alerts and participate in coordinated observational campaigns related to […]
The White HouseOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 30, 2020REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMPAT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Moments ago, as we witnessed the launch of two great American astronauts into space, we were filled with the sense of pride and unity that brings us together as Americans. That same spirit which powered our astronauts to […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now carrying out Sol 2778 duties. “This week the science team decided not to drill a second hole next to the ‘Glasgow’ target, and so we’re able to hit the road again this weekend,” reports Scott Guzewich, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “We’re […]
Key steps are underway in Europe to develop its first ever lunar lander. Set to launch on an Ariane 64 rocket later this decade and return to the Moon on a regular basis, the large lander idea comes hot on the heels of the European Space Agency (ESA) signing an agreement to start building […]
Scientists will be included among China’s next batch of astronauts as the country opens up its space program to a wider range of talents, said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China’s manned space program, in Beijing on Tuesday. The third batch of astronauts, which follows the previous selections in 1995 and 2009, will participate in […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now carrying out Sol 2775 tasks. Curiosity is finishing up at “Glasgow,” having spent almost exactly one month here,” reports Roger Wiens, a geochemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. A decision will be made shortly, Wiens adds, whether to do another drill hole nearby, or possibly back […]
