分類彙整: Mars
Watch: NASA Performs ‘Dance of the Rover’ to Transport Mars 2020
Eight months ahead of its scheduled launch, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is undergoing testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Last month, bunny-suited engineers moved the vehicle from the Spacecraft Simulator Building […]
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Astronaut Smart Glove Could Control Drones on Moon, Mars
The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) has successfully field tested an “astronaut smart glove” for exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The prototype for a human-machine interface (HuMI) allows cosmonauts to wirelessly operate […]
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Curiosity Rover Snaps Impressive Martian Selfie
After it’s retired from space exploration, NASA’s Curiosity rover could find a new career in photography. A fresh selfie, snapped by the spacecraft on Oct. 11 at Glen Etive, is impressive not only […]
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Students: There’s Still Time to Name the Mars 2020 Rover
K-12 students in U.S. public, private, and home schools have until Nov. 1 to enter for a chance to baptize NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. Submit your proposed name and a short essay (no […]
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Virgin Orbit to Launch First Commercial Cubesats to Mars
Virgin Orbit wants to be the first private company to send cubesats to Mars. The Virgin Galactic spinoff partnered with Polish satellite firm SatRevolution and a handful of Polish universities to design a […]
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Tourists Can Now ‘Experience Life on Mars’ in a Cave in Spain
While NASA has announced in June that it is opening the International Space Station to tourists from 2020, wannabe astronauts may have to wait a while to visit Mars. One company, however, is […]
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Elon Musk’s Cheeky ‘Nuke Mars!’ Tweet Goes Viral Online
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk still wants to “nuke Mars,” according to a hilarious tweet posted on Aug. 16. Musk’s cheeky statement, which has generated more than 177,000 likes and 23,000 retweets […]
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Raspberry Pi Used to Steal 500 MB of NASA Data
Turns out, a $35 off-the-shelf computer is all it takes to infiltrate the U.S. government. In April 2018, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered a hacker gained access to one of its “major mission […]
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NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Gets Its Space Legs, Wheels
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is one step closer to the Red Planet. Well, six steps, technically. Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory last week installed two starboard legs and half a dozen wheels—the […]
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Google Will Now Take You to ‘Mars on Earth’
If you’re curious about what it’s like to live on the Red Planet, Google will now let you explore Devon Island, also known as “Mars on Earth,” right on your computer screen. Google […]
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