By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 22nd, 2021
Perseverance’s touchdown on Mars. Photos: NASA/JPL
Since its successful landing on February 18 in Jezero Crater, mission scientists for the Perseverance rover have been providing updates on the status of the rover, and so far everything seems to continue to go well. Today, NASA held a media briefing to show the amazing video footage […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 18th, 2021
The first low-rez raw image sent back by Perseverance from the ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater, showing many small rocks. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
After a journey of 292.5 million miles (470.8 million kilometers), NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally reached its destination – an ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater on Mars. The rover, the most […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 14th, 2021
On Feb. 18, 2021, the Perseverance rover will land in Jezero Crater using the same sky crane technique that the Curiosity rover used in 2012. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s new Mars rover, Perseverance is in the final hours of its voyage to Mars, aiming for a landing in Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on November 18th, 2020
Artist’s illustration of the Perseverance rover on Mars. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, is now less than 100 days away from its landing in Jezero Crater on Mars (94 days at the time of this writing). The rover is currently just over 177 million miles (285 million kilometers) from its destination, […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on August 24th, 2020
Artist’s illustration of the Perseverance rover mission in flight, leaving Earth on its way to Mars. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mars has been in the news a lot lately, with the successful launches of NASA’s Perseverance rover, the United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter and China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter, lander and rover. All three missions will arrive […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 16th, 2020
@NorthropGrumman will launch its 2nd heaviest #Cygnus on 29 Sept, as #Antares & #NG14 continue processing ahead of their mission to @Space_Station. […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 15th, 2020
@NASAPersevere continues to persevere towards #Mars, as Ingenuity helicopter gets a battery charge in-flight. […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 13th, 2020
@SierraNevCorp continues to press ahead with its LIFE Habitat tech & potential future Deep Space Habitat missions. […]
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By Ben Evans, on July 30th, 2020
@NASAPersevere is on its way to Mars, following spectacular @ULALaunch of Mighty Atlas. […]
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By Ben Evans, on July 28th, 2020
@NASAPersevere rolls to the pad atop Mighty Atlas, as Majestic Delta receives its NROL-44 payload. […]
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