This week heralded another first for humankind: we made oxygen on another planet. Now, it was only enough for 10 minutes of breathable air (or 5 grams), but this is another incredible milestone for the future of space travel. While the super-cool rotocopter, Ingenuity, has gotten much of the fanfare of late, the Mars Oxygen …
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 …