NASA releases first audio from Mars, video of landing (Update)

The US space agency NASA on Monday released the first audio from Mars, a faint crackling recording of a gust of wind captured by the Perseverance rover. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-nasa-video-perseverance-rover-mars.html…

James Webb Space Telescope – Hubble’s successor – to launch in October

The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s most complex infrared telescope, built for a wide range of research projects. NASA is now targeting October 31 for its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/james-webb-telescope-hubble-successor-to-launch…

Linux Is Now on Mars, Thanks to NASA’s Perseverance Rover

“When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars this week, it also brought the Linux operating system to the Red Planet,” reports PC Magazine: The tidbit was mentioned in an interview NASA software engineer Tim Canham gave to IEEE Spectrum. The helicopter-like drone on board the Perseverance rover uses a Linux-powered software framework the space agency open-sourced a few years ago. “This…

America has sent five rovers to Mars—when will humans follow?

With its impeccable landing on Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance became the fifth rover to reach Mars—so when can we finally expect the long-held goal of a crewed expedition to materialize? Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-america-rovers-marswhen-humans.html…

NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back incredible images from Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars on 18 February, and it has already sent back its jaw-dropping first images from the surface of the Red Planet Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268700-nasas-perseverance-rover-has-sent-back-incredible-images-from-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

What’s next for the Mars Perseverance rover? Your questions answered

Now that NASA’s Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars, it will start taking samples and release the Ingenuity helicopter to test flying drones on other planets Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268691-whats-next-for-the-mars-perseverance-rover-your-questions-answered/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Touchdown: NASA’s Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars

After seven months in space, NASA’s Perseverance rover overcame a tense landing phase with a series of perfectly executed maneuvers to gently float down to the Martian soil Thursday and embark on its mission to search for signs of past life. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-touchdown-nasa-perseverance-rover-ready.html…