23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
...again, when next week the agency launches its Perseverance rover from the Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral ... makes up the trio of missions heading to Mars this month, Perseverance is the successor to NASA’s Curiosity rover, and will head to...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
...to the martian surface, Mars 2020 is aiming to touchdown its fifth rover, 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...
10 February 2021
Success for China as Tianwen-1 enters Mars' orbit
... by just one day to the UAE’s Hope Probe. The duo will soon be joined by NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, that will make its arrival in just over a week. Tianwen-1's first snapshot of Mars – a black...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... of going to space. The US is also busy with Artemis and has recently deployed its fifth robotic rover, Perseverance, on the surface of Mars,. China meanwhile has similar martian ambitions with its Tianwen-1 probe currently in orbit...
19 April 2021
Success for NASA as Ingenuity makes the first ever powered, controlled flight on Mars
... the martian surface. For comparison, helicopter blades on Earth typically spin at around 400 - 500 rpm. NASA's Perseverance rover was on hand to record the event and video footage returned to Earth showed the craft rise...
26 April 2021
Microbes could potentially live beneath Mars' surface, new study suggests
... across the barren martian surface as part of NASA’s long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet, is Perseverance, the agency’s fifth rover to take up residence on our planetary neighbour. Percy is not only tasked with seeking...
