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Ingenuity: the First Powered Flight on Mars

AuthorC ElliottUpdated onApril 25, 2021April 25, 2021 CategoriesSpaceflight News

Ingenuity: the First Powered Flight on Mars

Earlier this year, the Perseverance rover touched down on the dusty surface of Mars. It carried with it a new piece of technology: the Mars Helicopter, named Ingenuity. It rode to Mars earlier this year on the belly of Perseverance, before being set down and left alone to complete its task. Up until now, rovers …

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Perseverance Touches Down on Mars

AuthorC ElliottUpdated onFebruary 20, 2021February 23, 2021 CategoriesSpaceflight News

Perseverance Touches Down on Mars

NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, has landed successfully on the Red Planet this week. After a journey of 203 days and 293 million miles, the intrepid robotic explorer touched down at 3:55pm EST on Thursday. It hopes to pave the way to bringing samples back to Earth for examination. With a sample caching system, the …

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Hope Probe Reaches Martian Orbit

AuthorC ElliottUpdated onFebruary 10, 2021February 10, 2021 CategoriesSpaceflight News0 Comment

Hope Probe Reaches Martian Orbit

The United Arab Emirates have reached a milestone for Arab space science. The Emirates Mars Mission (Hope Probe) reached the Red Planet yesterday at 19:30 GMT, where it will follow an elliptical orbit. It will take the probe as close as 1,000 km to the surface and as far as 49,380 km away! The Hope …

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Spotlight on Mars

AuthorC ElliottUpdated onSeptember 10, 2020October 8, 2020 CategoriesPlanets2 Comments on Spotlight on Mars

Spotlight on Mars

As the Red Planet Mars is becoming more prominent in our skies, several missions are making their way across the gulf of space to explore. It’s an exciting time for Martian science! Let’s take a look at how our next door neighbour has captured the imaginations of the human race. Mars in the Solar System …

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ExoMars finds new Martian gas signatures

AuthorC ElliottUpdated onJuly 29, 2020July 29, 2020 CategoriesAstronomy News0 Comment

ExoMars finds new Martian gas signatures

ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has been in orbit around the planet Mars since 2016. It’s primary purpose is to search for small traces of gases in the Martian atmosphere. In particular, those that may indicate the presence of biological life! We’re still a long way off answering that big question, but the spacecraft …

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