18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
..., gently setting down the robotic explorer on its legs and wheels the same way the rover Curiosity landed. At any rate, that’s the plan for landing NASA’s newest rover, this one destined to analyse...
18 February 2021
Success for NASA as Perseverance lands on Mars
... touched down intact. Steve Jurczyk, acting NASA Administrator said of the landing; “It’s amazing to have Perservance join Curiosity on Mars. What a credit to the team. What an amazing team to work through all of the adversity and all...
14 May 2021
China is about to land its Zhurong rover on Mars
... 1.8 metres tall and weighing 240 kilograms, Zhurong, named after an ancient fire god, is smaller than NASA’s Curiosity rover but slightly larger than the now-defunct Spirit and Opportunity rovers. It is powered by solar panels...
09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
... Mars has been a goal of planetary exploration since missions to the Red Planet were first envisioned. Although Curiosity has been drilling holes on the martian surface for years, it has never tried to collect a sample before...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
... of everyone who has built this incredible machine, the drive of our flight operations team, and the curiosity of the global science community. “Together, we will keep pushing the boundaries of science and exploration in order to answer...
02 November 2017
How to teach and learn about space
... here is that it is part of what drives us. For example, books like the Star Wars series fuelled our curiosity to see what's really out there and gave us ideas about how to design spacecrafts. Even here on earth...
