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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
The Perseverance rover’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument, designed to analyze organic chemicals on Mars, has provided valuable insights into the presence and distribution o… Continue reading Rover Sampling Finds Organic Molecules In Water-Altered Rocks
Good news this week from Mars, where Ingenuity finally managed to check in with its controllers after a long silence. The plucky helicopter went silent just after nailing the landing …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 9, 2023
As far as landscapes go, Mars is pretty dull – it’s mostly just rocks and craters. But now the Perseverance rover has spotted a couple of particularly weird rocks that have been hollowed out in eerie shapes.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags:… Continue reading Perseverance snaps photos of donut and cheese (-shaped rocks) on Mars
JoeRobe writes: After 63 days of agonizing silence, NASA’s Martian chopper finally phoned home. The Ingenuity helicopter reestablished communication with mission control on June 28, officially logging its 52nd flight as a success, NASA recently announc… Continue reading Mars Helicopter Finally Makes Contact After Two Months of Silence
After over two months of silence, NASA has been able to reestablish contact with its wayward Ingenuity robotic helicopter on Mars after radio transmissions were blocked by a hill. This marks what is now the official end of flight 52.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading NASA contacts Ingenuity Mars helicopter after two-month silence
At the Paris Air Show, the space agencies of France, Germany and Japan signed an agreement that will allow a robotic Franco-German rover aboard Japan’s Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) mission and land it on the surface of the Martian moon Phobos.Continu… Continue reading France, Germany, and Japan join forces for Martian moon rover mission
Four volunteers will spend the next 378 days in a simulation of Mars, facing harsh, realistic challenges in tight quarters under NASA’s watchful eye in preparation for a real-life mission to the red planet. From a report: Research scientist Kelly Hasto… Continue reading NASA Locks 4 Volunteers Into 3D-Printed Virtual ‘Mars’ For Over a Year
A bright red waterfall isn’t something you’d expect to see on the icy landscape of Antarctica, but that’s exactly what’s pouring out from the foot of Taylor Glacier. A team of scientists now claims to have solved the long-standing mystery behind the cr… Continue reading Antarctica’s mysterious Blood Falls aren’t made by minerals after all
A report released this week suggests that 50 flights into its five-flight schedule, the Mars helicopter might be starting to show its age. The report details a protracted communications outage …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 4, 2023