Ingenuity Spies Percy’s Landing Gear
Ingenuity recently completed its 26th flight above the surface of the red planet, capturing 10 color images of Perseverance’s landing gear.
Solar Power Better Than Reactors for Mars
Two power options for a Martian base are solar panels or a small nuclear reactor, and researchers think the best choice is the solar panels.
Riding in NASA’s Beautiful Balloons
NASA teams are returning to New Zealand after a COVID-19 interruption to finally do the first test flight of their super pressure balloon.
Stellar Death Just Got More Lit
A new paper provides an explanation for Fast Blue Optical Transits, abnormally bright supernovae, suggesting that they are massive and still have hydrogen.
This Week in Rocket History: San Marco Program
We look back at an usual satellite launch program started in the 1960s by the Italian Space Agency and NASA, the San Marco program.
And Now for an Entirely New Explosion Type
White dwarfs that pull hydrogen fuel from a neighboring star can funnel the material along their magnetic fields, triggering a micronova explosion.
NASA Extends Science Missions
NASA extends the missions for the InSight lander, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, Curiosity, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and New Horizons.
Greenland Structures Provide Clue for Europan Ice
Ice-penetrating radar observations of “double-ridge” features in the Greenland Ice Sheet match similar features found on Jupiter’s moon, Europa.
Jupiter’s Moon Io has Dunes!
Dunes observed on Io may be caused hot lava mixing with subsurface sulfur dioxide which then vents and causes grain movement on the surface.
Late-Night Launch for Crew-4 Mission
On April 27, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Crew-4 mission, carrying three NASA and one ESA astronaut, towards the International Space Station.
Join the Crew!
Escape Velocity Space News