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☆ NASA Mars Ingenuity helicopter broke its own record
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —More than a year and a half after its first flight on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter has set a new record. “Ingenuity’s success has led to NASA’s decision to take two Ingenuity class helicopters on the Mars Sample Retrieval Lander scheduled for later in this decade,” wrote Bob Balaram, Ingenuity chief engineer emeritus, in a NASA blog update. A more capable Mars Science Helicopter with the ability to carry almost 5 kg of science payloads is also in early conceptual and design stages.”Mars sample collectionMeanwhile, the Perseverance rover continues to collect intriguing samples from Mars. The cache will be collected by future missions during the Mars Sample Return campaign and returned to Earth in the 2030s. The Perseverance rover recently used a specialized drill bit to collect its first samples of broken rock and dust.

☆ The art of space: Imagining the unknown regions of our universe
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The planet Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone, which is a range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the planet's surface. The discovery is the closest scientists have...moreThe planet Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone, which is a range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the planet's surface. The discovery is the closest scientists have come so far to finding a true Earth twin. The star, known as Kepler-186 and located about 500 light years away in the constellation Cygnus, is smaller and redder than the sun. NASA/JPL-CaltechClose

☆ Listen to the Best Songs From the Opportunity Rover's Morning Playlist
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

There's a new documentary about the Opportunity rover's life on Mars. For more than 15 years, NASA's Opportunity rover was a robot geologist on the Martian surface. From ABBA to George Michael, wake up with the stirring playlist NASA engineers made for the Opportunity Mars rover. While dusty storms can silence rovers, dust devils can blow away some of the dust that blankets the rover's solar panels. Months later, mission engineers hoped Opportunity would reboot once the weather cleared, as it had in the past.

☆ Fossil-fuel companies have more people at the UN's climate summit than the 10 countries most affected by climate change do combined
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Fossil-fuel interests are fighting for natural gas at the United Nations' COP27 climate summit. But natural gas is mostly methane — a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide — and it leaks. One-third of the fossil fuel lobbyists Global Witness identified are registered as part of national delegations, according to Dominic Kavakeb, a spokesperson for Global Witness. Fossil fuel influence threatens to undermine progress on one of the most powerful, immediate climate solutions: ending human methane emissions. While methane's consequences are severe, the good news is that countries and industries can quickly slow climate change by cutting methane emissions.

☆ Investing in Space: NASA and SpaceX need each other
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, speaks to NASA astronaut Bob Behnken at the launch tower of Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A complex on Mar. CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Indeed, early in its history, SpaceX won a crucial contract from NASA to deliver cargo to the International Space Station — before it even made it to orbit. Put another way, SpaceX is currently the sole path for NASA astronauts to get to and from orbit. NASA," Nelson said.

☆ 'Planet killer' asteroid hidden by the sun may threaten Earth in a few thousand years
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Astronomers discovered a "planet killer" asteroid that may pose a threat to Earth in future millennia. That makes it a "planet killer," Scott S. Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, said in a press release announcing the discovery on Monday. But there could be other planet killer asteroids lurking unseen in the blind spot where 2022 AP7 was discovered: within the orbits of Earth and Venus, between us and the sun. That makes it very difficult to spot asteroids located between Earth and the sun. "There are likely only a few [near-Earth asteroids] with similar sizes left to find," Sheppard said in the release.

NASA's InSight lander felt a powerful Mars quake. Then an orbiter took a picture of the meteor impact that caused it. The impact kicked up boulders of water ice, which will be crucial for future astronaut missions to Mars. "It was immediately clear that this is the biggest new crater we've ever seen," Ingrid Daubar, InSight impact science lead, said in a press briefing. An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars.

☆ Mars may have molten lava, scientists discover from quakes detected by NASA's Insight lander
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

NASA's InSight lander has detected Mars quakes that mostly come from one region: Cerberus Fossae. But now, using a seismometer on NASA's InSight lander, scientists have discovered the first evidence of molten lava deep below the Martian surface. A series of Mars quakes clued the scientists in to the potential lava hotspot. The biggest Mars quakes point to an underground chamber of magmaInSight has detected more than 1,300 Mars quakes since landing on the red planet in 2018. To get the global picture of Mars quakes and volcanic activity, NASA would need to send more seismometers to the red planet.

☆ NASA instrument detects dozens of methane super-emitters from space
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The device, called an imaging spectrometer, has identified more than 50 methane "super-emitters" in Central Asia, the Middle East and the Southwestern United States since it was installed in July aboard the International Space Station, NASA said on Tuesday. The newly measured methane hotspots - some previously known and others just discovered - include sprawling oil and gas facilities and large landfills. "Some of the (methane) plumes EMIT detected are among the largest ever seen - unlike anything that has ever been observed from space," said Andrew Thorpe, a JPL research technologist leading the methane studies. Examples of newly imaged methane super-emitters showcased by JPL on Tuesday included a cluster of 12 plumes from oil and gas infrastructure in Turkmenistan, some plumes stretching more than 20 miles (32 km). EMIT, one of 25 Earth science instruments in orbit, could potentially find hundreds of methane super-emitters before its year-long mission ends, NASA said.

☆ In its first 100 days, the James Webb telescope peered deep into space, took beauty shots of faraway galaxies and glittering nebula, and saw a spacecraft slam into an asteroid
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In its first 100 days of observation, Webb has captured mind-blowing images, reaching astonishing cosmic distances. Webb captured violent interactions in a star system more than 5,000 light years awayWebb captured a series of 17 concentric dust rings spawned by the Wolf-Rayet 140 binary system. Webb took a 'deep field' image that filled astronomers with wonderThe James Webb Space Telescope's first deep field infrared image, released on July 11, 2022. Webb captured detailed views of the king of our solar system – JupiterWide-field view of Jupiter, captured by Webb. Webb snapped a beauty shot of the Carina NebulaThe star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula, captured in infrared by Webb.

The mission, known as DART, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will attempt a method of planetary defense that could save Earth from an asteroid on a potential collision course with the planet. On Monday, the spacecraft will crash into Dimorphos at a blistering speed of around 4 miles per second, or 15,000 mph. Ground-based telescopes will be used to time Dimorphos' orbit and determine whether the mission was a success. The Applied Physics Lab built and manages the $325 million DART mission for NASA. Even if the DART mission fails, scientists will learn a lot from the experiment, said Andrea Riley, a program executive in NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

☆ NASA's unprecedented DART mission will intentionally slam a spacecraft into an asteroid next week
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test will collide with an asteroid on September 26. NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 in November 2021, with the aim of nudging a space rock into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion asteroid. The $308 million spacecraft traveled 6.8 million miles from Earth to Dimorphos, a small asteroid orbiting the asteroid Didymos. NASA JPL DART Navigation TeamOn Monday, September 26, four hours before impact, DART will switch into autonomous mode, steering itself toward its target. An animation from behind as NASA's first planetary defense test mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, collides with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos.

☆ The asteroid NASA is about to strike poses no threat to Earth, but 60% of city-killer rocks fly under the radar
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is aiming for an asteroid called Dimorphos, which is orbiting a giant asteroid called Didymos. To date, scientists have only identified 40% of city-killer asteroids orbiting near Earth, NASA estimates. Mainzer has been working on a space telescope called Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, which is designed to fulfill that goal. The asteroid-spying telescope got a huge budgetary boost in 2022An artist's concept of the NEO Surveyor space telescope. If the DART impact goes according to plan on Monday, NASA will be better equipped to divert any Earth-bound asteroid NEO Surveyor might discover.

☆ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just snapped the clearest image of Neptune's rings in 33 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope show detailed views Neptune's rings. Neptune's rings taken in infrared by the James Webb Space Telescope, right. On the left is a composite of two images of Neptune's rings taken by Voyager 2. Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, wrote about Webb's Neptune images on Twitter Wednesday. The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera image of Neptune and its rings.

☆ NASA's InSight lander captured the 'bloop' sound of a meteor falling to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NASA shared the sound of a meteor falling to Mars, with photos of the impact craters, on Monday. The dwindling InSight lander has captured the acoustic and seismic noise of four meteor impacts. NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ArizonaThe details of the four Mars meteor strikes were published in a paper in Nature Geosciences on Monday. InSight is nearing the end of its lifeA solar array on NASA's InSight Mars lander in December 2018 (left) and June 2021 (right). NASA/JPL-CaltechThese are the first meteor impacts InSight has detected since it landed on Mars in 2018.

☆ Saturn's gravitational pull shredded an ancient moon, creating its iconic rings and unusual tilt, new research suggests
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New models suggest Saturn's gravity shredded a moon, Chrysalis, about 160 million years ago. The ancient moon could explain two long-standing mysteries: Saturn's iconic rings and dramatic tilt. Cassini captured five of Saturn's moons in a single frame, on July 29, 2011. Saturn's rings display their subtle colors in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, on August 22, 2009. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstitutePlanetary scientists have long suspected Saturn's tilt may have come from gravitational interactions with Neptune.

☆ NASA's Perseverance rover is reliably producing oxygen. A scaled-up version could help astronauts breathe on Mars one day.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-01 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A toaster-sized device called MOXIE is tucked inside NASA's Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in 2021. NASA's Perseverance rover descends onto Mars, on February 18, 2021. The oxygen atoms then combine with each other to produce oxygen gas. MOXIE splits carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen atoms, before the single oxygen atoms combine to make breathable oxygen. Researchers imagine a jumbo version of MOXIE, approximately 100 times larger, could produce oxygen at the same rate as several hundred trees.

☆ (ФОТО) 100 дней на Марсе. Что зафиксировал марсоход НАСА «Персеверанс»
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +3 min

АВТОР ФОТО, NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU Этот селфи «Персеверанс» сделал 6 апреля при помощи широкоугольной камеры «Ватсон». АВТОР ФОТО, NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU Вертолет был закреплен под днищем марсохода. АВТОР ФОТО, NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU Крошечный геликоптер весом всего 1,8 кг доказал возможность полетов в разреженной атмосфере Марса. АВТОР ФОТО, NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU 19 апреля Ingenuity совершил первый в истории управляемый полет вне Земли. АВТОР ФОТО,NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU «Персеверанс» несет несколько фото- и видеокамер разного назначения.

Organizations: NASA, JPL, CALTECH, ASU, ASU nokta, НАСА, ВВС, Персеверанс Locations: Марс, Джезеро, Земля

☆ NASA a amânat zborul istoric de pe Marte al elicopterului Ingenuity
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Decolarea elicopterului Ingenuity Mars, atașat roverului Perseverence, din craterul Jezero de pe Marte, care ar urma să fie prima încercare de zbor propulsat pe altă planetă, a fost reprogramat „nu mai devreme de 14 aprilie”, a anunţat sâmbătă, 10 aprilie, Laboratorul de Propulsie al NASA (JPL), transmite agenția EFE, citată de Agerpres. Deşi decolarea era prevăzută iniţial pentru duminică, 11 aprilie, agenţia spaţială americană a anunţat amânarea sa, într-un comunicat. „Pe baza datelor provenite de la elicopterul Ingenuity Mars care au sosit vineri noaptea, NASA a decis să reprogrameze primul zbor experimental al elicopterului Ingenuity Mars până nu mai devreme de 14 aprilie”, a anunţat JPL, cu sediul în California şi care se ocupă de acest proiect ce a fost comparat cu reuşita fraţilor Wright, inventatorii şi pionierii aviaţiei. „Elicopterul este în siguranţă şi în stare bună şi a comunicat către Pământ datele complete de telemetrie”, potrivit comunicatului citat. Agenţia spaţială americană prevăzuse ca Ingenuity Mars să decoleze în această duminică, la 12.30 p.m., „ora solară locală de pe Marte” (10.54 p.m. EST, ora standard estică).

Persons: agenţia, reuşita fraţilor Wright, Agenţia, Marte Organizations: Mars, NASA, Agerpres Locations: California

☆ Elicopterul Ingenuity a trecut peste cea mai critică etapă și poate zbura pe Marte
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Elicopterul Ingenuity este tot mai aproape de a zbura pe Marte, ceea ce va marca primul zbor controlat pe o altă planetă, o premieră în istoria omenirii. Micul aparat a supraviețuit primei nopți de unul singur, după ce a ieșit din interiorul roverului Perseverance. „În siguranță și în condiții bune pe suprafața lui Marte: elicopterul Ingenuity a supraviețuit primei nopți pe cont propriu, o etapă foarte importantă pentru micul aparat zburător, deoarece temperaturile pot scădea până la -90 de grade Celsius”, a anunțat laboratorul JPL al NASA, citează digi24.ro. Prima tentativă de zbor a elicopterului Ingenuity, pe 11 aprilieIngenuity, care a ajuns pe Marte la bordul roverului Perseverance, urmează să facă prima tentativă de a decola pe o altă planetă cel mai devreme pe 11 aprilie, a anunţat NASA. Ingenuity va decola de pe o platformă cu dimensiunile 10x10 metri.

Persons: Marte, Ingenuity, Wright, Roverul Organizations: NASA, Agerpres Locations: Pasadena, California, Carolinei, Nord, Jezero

Elicopterul Ingenuity a petrecut o noapte pe Marte și poate zbura în condiții extreme de minus 90 de grade CelsiusElicopterul Ingenuity este tot mai aproape de a zbura pe Marte, ceea ce va marca primul zbor controlat pe o altă planetă. Micul aparat a supraviețuit primei nopți de unul singur, după ce a ieșit din interiorul roverului Perseverance. „Elicopterul Ingenuity a supraviețuit primei nopți pe cont propriu, o etapă foarte importantă pentru micul aparat zburător, deoarece temperaturile pot scădea până la – 90 de grade Celsius”, a anunțat laboratorul JPL al NASA, notează digi24.ro. Acest rezultat, poate neînsemnat, este unul critic, deoarece în craterul Jezero temperaturile pot atinge – 90 de grade Celsius, iar componentele electrice și bateriile necesare pentru zbor pot crăpa sau pot îngheța. Ingenuity va decola de pe o platformă cu dimensiunile 10 pe 10 metri.

Persons: Ingenuity Organizations: NASA Locations: Pasadena, California, Jezero

☆ Perseverance приземлится на Марс в феврале
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-27 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

NASA опубликовало анимационный трейлер посадки ровера Perseverance на Марсе. Затем раскроется парашют, отсоединится модуль с марсоходом, который включит двигатели и спустит Perseverance на поверхность кратера Джезеро на тросах. В Cnet пишут, что NASA будет вести прямую трансляцию посадки, ведь Perseverance снабжен набором камер для съемки входа, спуска и посадки. 30 июля 2020-го на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида стартовала ракета Atlas V с новым марсоходом Perseverance и вертолетом Ingenuity. 20 ноября сообщалось, что Perseverance записал звуки во время полета в космосе: их можно послушать.

Persons: Mars Organizations: YouTube, JPL, NASA, Cnet, Лаборатория реактивного движения () Locations: Марс, Джезеро, мыс, Канаверал, Флорида, Земля

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