06 September 2021
China develops prototype for its own Mars helicopter
... of less interest than scientists had hoped. As a result, the rover might not be sent there, says the Perseverance science team. Few details about what China’s own Mars’ helicopter will be equipped with have been...
26 April 2021
Ingenuity makes its third flight on Mars
...that will enable the addition of an aerial dimension to future Mars missions.” The Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, which is parked at “Van Zyl Overlook” and serving as a communications base station, captured video of Ingenuity...
17 March 2021
Like Venus, ancient water on Mars is trapped in its crust, new study says
Last year a new study revealed that Venus may be hiding oceans worth of water in its crust - a finding that challenged the long-held theory that our neighbouring “twin” planet lost its water to space. Now, researchers concentrating on our other ...
May 2021
NASA’s women of inspiration
... mid-February this year, the world witnessed NASA’s Perseverance rover land successfully on the surface of Mars and ...space sector. NASA s Ingenuity Mars helicopter seen from the Perseverance rover after it successfully completing a high-speed spin-up ...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... eventually follow on the heels of multiple robotic spacecraft, the most recent of which was the landing of the Perseverance rover on the red planet in February 2021. For human trips to Mars there are many technological issues...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
... stories about the creativity and sheer willpower needed to survive in space. Think Apollo 13, where creativity and perseverance were the heroes. In reality, the space industry is full of companies that push through adversity with an ‘at all...
