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One of the fun aspects of exploring a new planet is that you can set a lot of new records, as is the case with the very first Mars-based helicopter, …read more Continue reading Ingenuity’s 62nd Flight and Attempting a New Speed Record
Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares a new perspective on sunspots (those dark, cool areas where the sun’s magnetic field is particularly strong, and which often launch solar flares).
“NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has given us a sneak peek o… Continue reading Perseverance Mars Rover Spies Big Sunspot Rotating Toward Earth
In some ways, we’ve become a little jaded when it comes to news from Mars, which almost always has to do with the Ingenuity helicopter completing yet another successful flight. …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 20, 2023
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered signs of seasonal floods on Mars at a site called Gale Crater. Ars Technica reports: About 3,000 Martian days into its exploration, the rover was at a site that dates to roughly 3.6 billion years ago, during Mars’ … Continue reading Mars Rover Finds Signs of Seasonal Floods
During its 54th flight on Mars, NASA’s helicopter Ingenuity captured an image of the space agency’s Perseverance rover. Space.com reports: Perseverance is nearly out of frame at the top of the photo, which Ingenuity took when it was about 16 feet (5 me… Continue reading Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Spies Perseverance Rover During 54th Red Planet Flight
One day on Mars is about 37 minutes longer than an Earth day – but it seems both planets are working to fix the gap. Data from NASA’s InSight lander have revealed Martian days are getting ever so slightly shorter, and scientists aren’t sure why.Continu… Continue reading While Earth days get longer, NASA finds Mars days are getting shorter
In a scary first, scientists have discovered a 2021 solar eruption so large that it was, for the first time, detected simultaneously on Earth, the Moon, and Mars, highlighting the radiation dangers posed by such events to deep space travelers.Continue … Continue reading Supersized solar eruption detected on Earth, the Moon, and Mars
In anticipation of one of history’s most ambitious planetary missions, NASA has successfully tested the two solid rocket motors that will be used to help return the first geological samples from Mars to Earth for laboratory analysis.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading NASA tests rocket motors for returning Mars soil samples to Earth
Last week, we noted an attempt to fix a hardware problem with software, which backfired pretty dramatically for Ford when they tried to counter the tendency for driveshafts to fall …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 16, 2023
The US Senate has slashed the budget for NASA’s ambitious mission to return soil and rock samples from Mars’ surface. From a report: NASA had asked for $949 million to support its Mars Sample Return mission, or MSR, in fiscal year 2024. In its proposed… Continue reading Senate Lobbed a Tactical Nuke at NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program