Despite a spectacular ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ four minutes into its flight, the…
Category: Mars
Nailing Its Mars Landing, China Signals ‘Game On’ For Space Race 2.0
China has become only the second country after America to successfully land…
Intuitive Improvisation Is The Secret Of Genius
A look at how great NASA is at solving problems with its…
The Tree In The Swamp
Piers hears from Dr. Tony Heyes, retired physicist and inventor, about what…
Ingenious! First Powered Flight On Another Planet
NASA hits the bullseye with the successful deployment of its autonomous Ingenuity…
Picture Perfect Landing At Jezero
As America passes 500,000 tragic covid deaths, it celebrates a flawless, tour-de-force…
Seven Minutes Of Terror – An Arrival On Mars Like Never Before
NASA’s Perseverance spacecraft carries 23 cameras, including 7 for entry, descent and…
Amid The Pandemic, NASA’s Perseverance Rover Launches Safely To Mars
Despite serious challenges on Earth, NASA has succeeded in launching the most…
Humankind Grounded By Covid-19
Several space missions have been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. And it’s…
UAE’s Hope Orbiter Heading To Mars
Mars is a busy place in 2020. Four more spacecraft are set…
Precision Landing For Mars 2020 At Jezero
As its July 2020 launch date approaches, more information is coming to…
International Cooperation And Competition In Outer Space
Australia’s prime minister signs deal to be part of America’s ambitious plans…
A Helicopter For Mars
In addition to hunting for microbes, testing oxygen production and caching rock…
Active Volcanism On Mars
A study by the Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of…
InSight Mission Begins On Mars
Finally, after technical issues delayed the mission by 2 years, NASA’s latest…
China’s Ambitious Plans For Mars
The China Academy of Space Technology is aiming high, with an orbiter,…
Rising Hopes Of Finding Microbes On Mars
A large watery lake is believed to be hidden beneath the Martian…
Still No Word From The Opportunity Rover
Oppy remains silent at Meridiani Planum as a global dust storm envelops…
Monster Dust Storm Threatens Mars Rover
Last heard from on June 10th, NASA’s venerable Opportunity rover has entered…
Curiosity Marks Five Years On Mars
A wrap of key scientific findings in the rover’s study of past…
Curiosity Rover Wheel Damage Worsens
Showing the first signs of serious damage, two wheel grousers have broken…
Curiosity Rover Update
As NASA’s hardy rover ascends through the foothills of Mount Sharp, the…
To Mars In 70 Days With NASA’s EM Drive
A promising rocket propulsion technique stirs up controversy in scientific circles. It…
Becoming An Interplanetary Species
In a keynote at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico, Elon Musk…
The Race To Mars
With the large number of Near Earth Objects floating perilously close to…
Space Exploration Update
Spectacular canyons imaged on Mars and Saturn’s moon, Titan, and NASA’s new…
NASA Extends Several Missions
The US space agency will fund extensions to long-lived projects, including Mars…
Martian News From Beyond Infinity 10/05/16
A weekly Martian news round-up: Boiling water on the surface of Mars;…