NASA will soon attempt to fly the first aircraft on another planet! The Ingenuity rotocopter, which weighs only 4lbs, is designed to prove that we can perform powered flight on another planet – one with a very thin atmosphere that is just 1% the density of Earth’s. To do so, its four-foot, carbon-fibre blades will …
Well, we freaking did it! We landed another rover on Mars. In the most difficult landing site we’ve ever attempted, with the most complex rover humanity has ever assembled. And, in the days to come, we’ll get video and audio of the landing filmed from cameras and microphones onboard the vehicle. For now, we know …
In 8 days time, I will be – by name at least – an alien. That’s when the latest rover lands on Mars, and with it, a microchip containing over 10 million names from Earth. NASA’s Perseverance Rover, which took off in July of last year, is scheduled to touch down on February 18th at …