October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
...the 2030s. Extending borders The first missions for the pressurised rover will probably be driving around the rim of Shackleton, some... to it, but just you try drilling on Mars. To the rover’s left, several hundred metres away, is a region cordoned off...
27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
...-honeycomb-supported structure in places, partly to account for a rover that’s 150 kilograms heavier, said Tice, in an interview ...Mars, and to land in February 2021. The 3 metre long rover will navigate Mars’ 45 kilometre wide Jezero Crater, once a ...
23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
...to Mars this month, Perseverance is the successor to NASA’s Curiosity rover, and will head to the 49 kilometre wide Jezero crater to ...be aided with “eyes in the skies,” as well as trusty rovers on the ground. Ahead of their own launch, NASA chief Jim...
07 October 2020
UK-based Spacebit secures second mission to the Moon in 2021
... in challenging spaces, in and around the lunar surface, specifically lunar lava tubes. Spacebit is developing proprietary wheeled rover technology that will carry a standard 1/2U NASA payload module. The current landing schedule for the Spacebit...
07 October 2019
Salty rocks found by Curiosity supports theory that Mars once had vast lakes
... a watery world to that of a giant desert is one of the primary objectives of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)/Curiosity rover investigation. One thing that many planetary geologists agree on is that this transition is believed to have taken place...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
... Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It is expected to reach Mars in February 2021. The 2020 rover will conduct geological assessments of its landing site on Mars, determine the habitability of the environment, search for...
