NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoom cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU NASA has given an …
Read More »Starlink does not plan to offer tiered pricing
This long exposure image shows a trail of a group of SpaceX Starlink satellites passing over Uruguay.Photo: Mariana Suarez / AFP (fake images) Starlink opened pre-orders for your service in February for …
Read More »NASA throws an Orion spacecraft into a giant pool
A test version of the Orion capsule returns to the water in preparation for the Artemis II missions.Image: POT (Fair use) NASA is preparing to drop a 14,000-pound mockup of the Orion …
Read More »NASA helicopter ingenuity takes its first color photo on Mars
The first color photo of Ingenuity taken on Mars. Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech Well, we’ve seen better photos of Mars, but this one is special because it was taken by NASA’s Ingenuity …
Read More »NASA is going to crash a probe into an asteroid for a very good reason
Image: POT Normally, NASA likes its probes to make contact with other objects in space in a very controlled way. You want to land a rover on mars, no release a rover …
Read More »NASA reveals its plan for the first helicopter flight on Mars
A mock-up of the helicopter in flight over the Jezero crater on Mars.Illustration: NASA / JPL-Caltech So far, human exploration on Mars has been measured in the circular motion of orbiters over …
Read More »NASA’s Lego Space Shuttle with Hubble Telescope is highly detailed
Picture: Lego Toys and collectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives and other merchandise. Beware: if you look here, you will probably spend some money later. Lego’s continued drive to create impressively detailed replica sets …
Read More »An astronomer just designed a navigation system for interstellar space travel
It’s 2021 and we finally don’t have to worry so much about our spaceship getting lost in interstellar space. Using the positions and changing light of stars, both near and far, astronomer …
Read More »NASA space probe detects northern lights on Jupiter
If you thought the Northern Lights were uncommon for us Earthlings, you might want to think again. Those beautiful colors most visible in the Arctic and Antarctica are not only found on …
Read More »ISS abandons a 2.9-ton battery platform, creating its most massive piece of space junk
The external pallet filled with old nickel-hydrogen batteries, photographed shortly after being released by the Canadarm2 robotic arm. The object was in orbit 265 miles (427 km) above Chile when this photo …
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