Solar eclipses are a pretty big deal back here on Earth and, when we get the opportunity to see something like that from another planet like Mars, it’s even more so. The Perseverance Rover’s Mastcam-Z captured just such a sight as Mars moon Phobos going across the sun which only lasted about 40 seconds. For […]
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We’ve got some of the first images back from China’s Tianwen 1 mission to Mars and are they more than worth the wait. Showing the northern ice cap as well as a kind of “selfie” of the Tianwen 1 with Mars as a backdrop, the images add to the growing catalog of impressive captures space […]
The Curiosity Rover continues its journey in Mars’ Gale Crater and it just sent back some snaps of Mount Sharp to give the world an update on its progress. The aforementioned crater is some 96 miles wide according to NASA and Mount Sharp is an approximately five-mile tall mountain within that area. This region is […]
The NASA Mars Ingenuity drone was almost lost due to a camera error and it gives us an interesting insight into how it navigates the surface of the Red Planet. Basically, the drone uses what is called an inertial measurement unit (IMU). It helps the drone collect data to position itself within a given space […]
NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back more than a few historical achievements and this latest one involving the Ingenuity drone is just another on that list. This is the first time we have ever recorded the sound of another aircraft flying around on another planet. Thanks to NASA’s upload to YouTube, we can watch it […]
Maybe Snap is on to something? Because Perseverance sure is putting the concept of a drone selfie in the headlines as NASA’s Mars’ rover sends back its first picture of itself using its WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera on the SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics […]
