Meet ‘MOXIE’, a small Nasa device that for the first time made oxygen from the Martian atmosphere (Image: AI Generated) For the first time, a machine made by humans produced oxygen on the surface of another planet. It did not happen inside a futuristic Mars base or through the work of astronauts in bulky spacesuits….
Nasa’s Ingenuity helicopter/Image: Nasa Flying a helicopter on Earth is a remarkable engineering achievement. Flying one on Mars, where the atmosphere is less than 1% as dense as Earth’s, was once considered nearly impossible. Yet on 19 April 2021, Nasa‘s Ingenuity helicopter achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, proving that aerial exploration…
Swati Mohan Aerospace Engineer and AstroNav Project Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at visit to Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium. in Bengaluru on Monday. Swati Mohan Aerospace Engineer and AstroNav Project Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at visit to Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium. in Bengaluru on Monday. Bengaluru: The next India-US Civil Space Joint Working Group…
Elon Musk has laid out another far-reaching vision for SpaceX, saying the company could return humans to the Moon within the next few years and eventually move thousands of people beyond Earth. Speaking during an interview with Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Musk described plans that would go far beyond short astronaut missions, including permanent settlements…
For years, the idea that Mars once held vast amounts of water has remained one of planetary science’s most persistent questions. Dry river valleys, mineral deposits, and ancient lake basins have all hinted that the planet looked very different billions of years ago, but proving the existence of a true ocean has been far more…
Image: University of Würzburg Getting stuck in sand has ended dreams of exploration before. On Mars, where loose dunes, soft soil and rocky terrain stretch for thousands of kilometres, a trapped rover can mean the loss of years of scientific work and millions in investment. Now, researchers in Germany have turned to an unlikely source…
