09 August 2016
Yutu, the Chinese Moon Rover, Dies on the Moon
.... At 140 kilograms and 1.5 meters tall, Yutu is much smaller than other rovers, including NASA's Opportunity and Curiosity. Yutu, which translates as “Jade Rabbit”, has not moved since one month after landing, but had...
28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
... from extreme environments on Earth in conjunction with looking at the information obtained from previous Mars rovers (such as Curiosity). “Parts of Mars are quite similar to the salty environment deep underground at Boulby. In these areas we see...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... NASA, NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), with shout-outs to the Kepler Space Observatory, the Curiosity Mars rover, the New Horizons mission to Pluto, Juno, and the James Webb Space Telescope (plus...
01 May 2017
Canada boosts its space sector with $80.9 million investment
... for the jobs of the future.” “The breakthroughs and discoveries of tomorrow depend on our ability to nurture the curiosity and passion of young Canadians today.”
21 December 2018
InSight deploys its first instrument on Mars
... based at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Like one of NASA's other famous rovers – Curiosity – which is currently drilling holes on the Vera Rubin Ridge, InSight has a full-scale working model, aptly...
13 March 2019
'Marscopter' to accompany rover on Mars 2020 mission
... ambles over the martian surface looking for clues to help decipher this planet’s past. Rovers such as Curiosity and Opportunity not only have a certain charm about them, they are undoubtedly integral to furthering our...
