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Japan's SLIM Moon Probe Landed On Its Nose
Posted in Hardware, Science on 31st Jan, 2024
by Alex Muller
The good news is that the mission is continuing and JAXA hopes that the lander will be able to charge its battery as the 14-day lunar day progresses enough for sunlight to fall on the panel.
NASA Can Now Reliably Produce Oxygen On Mars
Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
MOXIE can reliably convert carbon dioxide into a small tree's worth of oxygen.
Mars 2020 landing site could be a fossil hotspot
Posted in Science on 13th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
“We know from Earth that this mineral phase is exceptional at preserving microfossils and other biosignatures, so that makes these outcrops exciting targets for the rover to explore.”
NASA's Mars 2020 rover gets robotic arm to search for life on the Red Planet
Posted in Hardware, Science on 1st Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller
The Mars 2020 mission is slated to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in July 2020 and land on Mars on February 18, 2021.
Will Mars Opportunity Rover reawaken as Martian dust storm abates?
Posted in Hardware on 20th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller
The solar-powered robotic explorer has been silent since June 10 when dust made the air made so opaque that it blotted out the Sun.