18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
..., and a ground-penetrating radar. Riding along, stowed under Perseverance’s belly pan, will be the Mars helicopter Ingenuity. Part of Perseverance’s mission is to collect samples to leave behind in caches that a future rover could collect for return...
10 May 2021
Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars
... radiation storm that was also launched from the Sun at the same time. It will likely bathe Ingenuity and Perservance in a shower of radiation before the solar storm hits. The solar storms have been captured...
12 July 2022
Star billing for first Webb picture
... sliver of the vast Universe," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “This mission was made possible by human ingenuity – the incredible NASA Webb team and our international partners at the European Space Agency and the...
11 August 2025
Saying goodbye to my favourite astronaut
...astronauts safely home. The mission, later immortalised in Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13, became a global symbol of ingenuity, teamwork, and grace under pressure. Lovell’s oft-quoted understatement during the crisis – “Houston, we’ve had a problem...
02 April 2026
NASA astronauts launch on lunar flyby mission
Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 ...
14 February 2019
NASA says a final goodbye to Opportunity
... Watkins, director of JPL. "The records, discoveries and sheer tenacity of this intrepid little rover is testament to the ingenuity, dedication, and perseverance of the people who built and guided her."
