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Humanity has been wondering about whether life exists beyond our little backwater planet for so long that we’ve developed a kind of cultural bias as to how the answer to …read more Continue reading SHERLOC and the Search for Life on Mars
At the time of this writing, the James Webb Space Telescope was perched upon its ride to space, ready for its much-delayed launch from the ESA spaceport in French Guiana. …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: December 26, 2021
The endless expanse of space is a beautiful and fascinating subject for photography. From the dramatic births and deaths of stars, to galactic glamor shots and planetary close-ups, here are some of the most breathtaking space photos of 2021.Continue Re… Continue reading The best space photos of 2021: Sparkling starfields to majestic nebula
Jezero crater on Mars was chosen as the landing site for the Perseverance rover because satellite images suggested it was once an ancient lake. NASA scientists have now found more direct evidence of the location’s watery past, as photos snapped by the … Continue reading Ancient Martian lake and river delta clear in Perseverance photos
Good news from Jezero crater as the Mars rover Perseverance manages to accomplish for the first time what it was sent to do: collect and cache core samples from rocks. …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 5, 2021
NASA has released an image showing that the space agency’s Perseverance Mars rover has successfully retrieved its first rock drill sample for return to Earth. Taken by the Mastcam-Z camera on September 1, the image shows a drill bit holding a pencil-th… Continue reading Perseverance rover captures core Earth-return sample on second attempt
There’s a military adage that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. While we haven’t gone to war with Mars, at least not yet, it does seem to be …read more Continue reading No Hole in One: Perseverance Strikes Out on First Mars Core Attempt
After a pretty eventful start to life on Mars that has included capturing the first ever audio recordings on the planet, producing the first ever oxygen on another world and supporting the Ingenuity helicopter throughout its history-making flights, NAS… Continue reading Perseverance rover begins first science mission in Mars’ Jezero Crater
Sometimes the best way to figure out how something works is to make a model of it. 3D-modeling software makes it possible to do the job in silico, and sometimes …read more Continue reading 3D-Printed Scale Model of Perseverance Rover Seems as Complicated as the Real One
You’d be forgiven for thinking these pictures of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover were renderings of the real deal on the Red Planet, if it wasn’t for the golf ball tucked …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Mars Rover Smiles for the Camera