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India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission’s Vikram lander has deployed its Pragyan lunar rover as it begins its exploration of the Moon’s south polar region. On August 24, the 60-lb (27-kg) robotic rover rolled down a ramp and charged its solar panels before … Continue reading India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission deploys lunar mini-rover
Not satisfied with sending rovers to other worlds one at a time, NASA is sending three miniature robots to the Moon in 2024 as part of the Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) project. The goal is to see how such explorers can… Continue reading NASA to set a CADRE of autonomous rovers loose on the Moon
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
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
When you think of NASA, you think of high-stakes, high-cost, high-pressure engineering, and maybe the accompanying red tape. In comparison, the hobby hacker has a tremendous latitude to mess up, …read more Continue reading The Freedom to Fail
The first aircraft to fly on another planet has hit a new milestone. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has recently clocked up its 50th flight, and achieved a new altitude record in the process.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Mars, Helicop… Continue reading Ingenuity Mars helicopter celebrates 50 flights with new altitude record
The first aircraft to fly on another planet has hit a new milestone. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has recently clocked up its 50th flight, and achieved a new altitude record in the process.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Mars, Helicop… Continue reading Ingenuity Mars helicopter celebrates 50 flights with new altitude record
When it comes to cryptocurrency security, what’s the best way to secure the private key? Obviously, the correct answer is to write it on a sticky note and put it …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 9, 2023
When SpaceX launches its lunar mission scheduled for 2026, it’ll be accompanied by Venturi Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover, making it the largest, most capable rover to ever travel to the Moon.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading Game-changing FLEX rover joins SpaceX’s Moon mission