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China makes history with successful Mars landing
A Chinese lander carrying a rover successfully touched down on Mars for the first time, state media reports. Why it matters: This is the first…
China is about to attempt a highly ambitious landing on Mars
Enlarge / Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2020, shows the model of China’s first Mars probe Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover at the Zhejiang International…
Mars helicopter had successful first flight!
Ingenuity—the small helicopter delivered to Mars by the Perseverance rover—has successfully taken its first flight on the Red Planet! he distance between Earth and Mars…
NASA’s Ingenuity team has a software solution to fix the helicopter
Not long ago, we mentioned that NASA ran into a problem when it began to run a test of the Ingenuity Helicopter on the surface…
Well Here’s Something You Don’t See Every Day
We’re used to seeing stark images of rovers all alone on the Red Planet, but Perseverance brought a friend. NASA has just released a stunning…
NASA Curiosity Mars rover snaps pictures at Mont Mercou
NASA has multiple rovers and spacecraft on and around Mars, searching for signs of past life, water, and performing various science experiments. One of the…
The enduring questions about Mars are starting to be answered
The rovers and orbiters studying Mars are being tasked with answering the persistent questions that remain about the Red Planet, decades after NASA sent its…
Small piece of Wright brothers plane will take flight on Mars
NASA’s Martian chopper, named Ingenuity, will take flight on the red planet some time in April, and attached to the helicopter is a fabric swatch…
Alien skull seen in new Mars Rover image and other fun anomalies spotted on the Red Planet this week
The above extraterrestrial skull was spotted in the high-resolution 360-degree panorama image captured this week by NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Cosmic Log presents a…
Computer Simulations Suggest Martian Moons Were Separated at Birth More Than a Billion Years Ago
The Red Planet’s two tiny moons—Phobos and Deimos—could have formed after an ancient collision, according to new research. It’s an intriguing possibility, but not everyone…
The Morning After: More Mars pictures, videos and sound
Spotify is splitting its ambitions between podcasts and music. For the latter, it’s teasing a high-fidelity service that will arrive later this year, an idea…
Watch: “Flight to Mars” trailer from 1951
In the spirit of the recent Mars landing, check out this theatrical trailer for the movie “Flight to Mars”, made in 1951. The first graphic…
NASA shares photos from Perseverance’s descent to Mars
The image you see above was taken just moments before NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, and it’s just the first…
When and Where You Can Watch NASA’s Perseverance Land on Mars
Sure, you can see a Snow Moon this month, but you can also watch a live Mars landing! The NASA Perseverance is slated to land…
What to know before Perseverance lands on Mars
NASA’s fifth Mars rover Perseverance launched in July of 2020, and is scheduled to land on Mars on Thursday, February 18th. The purpose of the…
Chinese Mars mission is now orbiting the Red Planet
China’s first homegrown Mars mission has successfully made it into orbit around the Red Planet, state-run media confirms. Why it matters: China is now the…
Watch Live: UAE’s Hope Mission Arrives at Mars
Mars is about to receive its next visitor from Earth—the Mars Hope probe. It has the makings of a historic day, as the United Arab…
Mars triple feature: Spacecraft from UAE, China and U.S. to arrive at the red planet this month
The flurry of activity begins Tuesday, as the United Arab Emirates’ Hope probe prepares to enter into orbit around Mars. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/mars-set-visits-uae-china-u-s-spacecraft-n1257126 Droolin’ Dog sniffed…
China’s Tianwen-1 sends first photo of Mars
On February 5, 2021, the China Academy of Space Technology relayed details of Tianwen-1 and its journey to Mars. Per the Fifth Academy of the…
NASA Perseverance Rover will experience a violent seven-minute descent to Mars
One of the most challenging parts of putting any rover on the surface of Mars is the approximately seven-minute-long descent from orbit to the surface…
Geology at the Martian equator suggests a massive flood in the distant past
Researchers have been looking at the field geology on the equator of Mars and found that it suggests an ancient flood of an unimaginable magnitude…
New artificial intelligence spots previously undiscovered craters on Mars
The AI can cut the time taken to detect a crater from 40 minutes to five seconds Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/artificial-intelligence-mars-craters-nasa-b1341139.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…
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