#Curiosity Mars rover’s summer road trip has begun

“#Curiosity Mars rover’s summer road trip has begun” Stitched together from 28 images, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view from “Greenheugh Pediment” on April 9, 2020, the 2,729th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. In the foreground is the pediment’s sandstone cap. At center is the “clay-bearing unit”; the floor of Gale Crater…

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#Researchers foresee linguistic issues during space travel

“#Researchers foresee linguistic issues during space travel” An image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared light, each represented by a different color. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space travel: Explorers…

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#Why outer space matters in a post-pandemic world

“#Why outer space matters in a post-pandemic world” Credit: Department of Defence With all of the immense challenges we face on Earth this year, space can feel like an afterthought. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the hope of a growing space industry was palpable. Ribbons were cut, buildings were dedicated and Australia’s space industry was going…

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#Satellite-carrying rocket ‘lost’ after New Zealand launch

“#Satellite-carrying rocket ‘lost’ after New Zealand launch” A commercial rocket carrying seven satellites was “lost” after take-off Sunday from a New Zealand launch pad, the owner Rocket Lab said. “We lost the flight late into the mission,” Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and chief executive, tweeted. “I am incredibly sorry that we failed to deliver…

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#How life on Earth could help us find life on Mars

“#How life on Earth could help us find life on Mars” The conditions on early Mars were habitable, says Dr Alberto Fairén. Credit: NASA In our continuing search for other life in the universe, one place has always looked promising—Mars. It is a rocky planet like Earth, orbiting the same star, and at a distance…

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#Video: Flight over Korolev Crater on Mars

“#Video: Flight over Korolev Crater on Mars” This movie was created using an image mosaic made from single orbit observations from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on Mars Express, which was first published in December 2018. The mosaic combines data from the HRSC nadir and colour channels; the nadir channel is aligned perpendicular to the…

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#China eyes July 20-25 launch for Mars rover

“#China eyes July 20-25 launch for Mars rover” A Long March rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang in China’s southwestern Sichuan province in June 2020 China’s first Mars rover should launch later this month, authorities said Wednesday, as the country races to catch up with the US dominance of space….

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