01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
...all kinds of technological devices will be on hand to help explore our Solar System, such as drones, lasers, wafercrafts, Marscopters, steam-powered hoppers, lightsails, underwater robots, and a spiderbot! 2019 also marked the 50th anniversary of the...
18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
Parachuting to the surface of the red planet with an all-new navigation system — and, for the first time, cameras to record the plunge — the six-wheeled rover’s entry, descent and landing apparatus scans the terrain, comparing images with ones ...
30 July 2020
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully blasts off to Mars
... Moon. Perseverance will also carry a separate technology experiment to the martian surface — a 1.8 kilogram helicopter or “marscopter” named Ingenuity, that will be the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet. Ingenuity features...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
..., Perseverance, on 18 February. Going one step further than previous rover missions, Perseverance will also be accompanied by a "marscopter", a small winged craft designed to fly as high as 4.5 metres (15 feet) above the ground. The Mars Helicopter...
19 April 2021
Success for NASA as Ingenuity makes the first ever powered, controlled flight on Mars
NASA’s small but mighty Mars’ helicopter, Ingenuity, has successfully completed the first ever powered, controlled flight on another planet. Teams back on Earth had to wait over three hours for data to be returned to the control room from Mars to ...
07 April 2021
Ingenuity survives first cold martian night on its own
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has emerged from its first night on the surface of Mars. Evening temperatures at Jezero Crater can plunge as low as minus 90 degrees Celsius (minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit), which can freeze and crack unprotected ...
