NASA has just announced the great news of rover Perseverance and its first drill hole on our planetary neighbor. Even if the rover’s first attempt to collect rock samples was a failure, in the end, it proved that it has ...
NASA marks an incredible space milestone thanks to its bold rover Curiosity! The car-sized robot has now been exploring the Red Planet for 9 years. Curiosity began its journey back in November 2011 and reached Mars’ Gale Crater on August ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected tiny traces of methane on Mars several times in recent years. The emission could come from a geological process, but so far, scientists couldn’t really solve the mystery. What’s more intriguing is that Mars’ atmosphere ...
Thinking of life on Mars might be quite the challenge. And not only for us but for scientists, too. New data, however, show parts of Mars that have been habitable for thousands or even a million years. How is this ...
China aims to send the first humans to Mars and build a permanent base. It’s great to see the country stepping up and committing to such daring and inspirational goals, but the competition is tough. NASA and SpaceX also plan ...
NASA celebrates Perseverance’s 100th day (100 sols) on our planetary neighbour. The vehicle-sized rover and its little bold companion, Ingenuity, arrived inside Mars’ Jezero Crater on February 18. Since then, the robotic duo reached several milestones, including the first controlled ...
The Curiosity rover offers a new fascinating glimpse of Mars, unveiling the planet’s thin atmosphere, and surprisingly, clouds! According to scientists, cloudy days are pretty rare on the Red Planet. They are, however, more frequent at the planet’s equator, but ...
NASA made history on April 19 with the first controlled flight on another planet. The little helicopter has bravely pierced the Martian atmosphere in what seemed to be one of the most challenging missions on Mars. And it didn’t stop ...
China reached a huge milestone recently thanks to its ambitious Mars mission and rover Zhurong. The country is the first to make an orbiting, landing, and roving operation during its first mission to the Red Planet. Now, Zhurong offers us ...
China is getting ready for a big space event soon, as rover Zhurong will finally land on Mars! The ambitious mission is part of a space programme that aims to raise the country’s global stature and technological might. The touchdown ...
NASA’s Perseverance is now examining the floor of an ancient Martian crater where once there was a lake. The new operational tasks unfold as Ingenuity, the mighty little helicopter ends its bold mission. The rover has been quite busy in ...
After making history on Mars (first controlled flight on another planet), NASA’s helicopter strikes again. The Perseverance rover captured an incredible low-pitched humming of Ingenuity’s blades as it flies through the Martian atmosphere. NASA released the footage with the audio ...
Thinking at NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter and wonder if there’s something it can’t do. Apparently, not. The bold helicopter completed its third flight on April 25 and is closer to its main goal than ever. Ingenuity made history first time on ...
Ingenuity marks another successful flight on Mars! The new milestone has been reached on Thursday (April 22) morning, and NASA revealed all the details. Just days after its first success, the Mars helicopter completed another flight, this time putting on ...
The Chinese space agency (CNSA) launched a few months ago probe Tianwen-1 to Mars. The mission’s main goal is to survey the Red Planet, orbiting closer. Recent data sent by Tianwen-1 prove that the probe is also one of the ...
NASA’s bold helicopter has been finally dropped on the Martian ground. This manoeuvre was essential as the mini-helicopter gets ready for its first flight. Ingenuity is an ultra-light aircraft initially attached to the Perseverance rover’s belly, which arrived on Mars ...
At the beginning of the month (March), NASA’s brave Curiosity Mars rover started getting closer to a massive rock formation, dubbed “Mont Mercou” (a French reference). Just 6 meters (20 feet) tall, the Martian structure was captured in a new ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a dust devil on Mars recently. Such an intriguing weather phenomenon takes place on our planet, too, and could help us better understand the Martian climate. Perseverance’s cameras captured the occurrence, and the footage is now ...
It’s official! NASA’s rover has begun its search for signs of life on the Red Planet. The Perseverance rover’s SuperCam has collected the first “pieces of Mars,” and now we have all the details. This is just the first step ...
Good news from Mars! NASA just received the first report from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, so we know what’s really happening up there. According to the report, everything is operating as expected, meaning both the helicopter and its base station ...
NASA’s InSight probe is getting ready for some changes. Winter is coming to Elysium Planitia, and the bold probe needs to be kept safe. InSight deals with one of the toughest challenges so far: dust. The increasing dustiness of the ...
The United Arab Emirates now makes history with its first – and successful – interplanetary mission! The UAE’s probe, dubbed Hope, in Arabic “Al-Amal,” entered Mars’ orbit on Monday (February 8). The spacecraft is developed to unveil the secrets of ...
NASA will reach another space milestone thanks to its rover, Perseverance. Not more than 80 million km left to go in its 471 million km mission, the rover is almost there. Perseverance is close to Mars, and in 43 days, ...