With two missions due to land on Mars in 2021, we look back at 60 years of attempts to get to the Red Planet.
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Using the radial velocity (RV) technique, astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth alien world as part of the HADES and CARMENES programs. The newfound exoplanet, designated GJ 740 b, orbits a bright star some 36 light-years away and is at least three times more massive than the Earth. The finding is reported in a paper published February 18 on the arXiv pre-print server.
The unit has yet to actually send power directly back to Earth, but that technology has already been proven. If the project develops into huge kilometers-wide space solar antennae, it could beam microwaves that would then be converted into fuel-free electricity to any part of the planet at a moment’s notice.
Scientists working for the Pentagon have successfully tested a solar panel the size of a pizza box in space, designed as a prototype for a future system to send electricity from space back to any point on Earth.
Fascinating new image from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flyby of Venus offers tantalizing near-infrared look at its surface.
Mastcam-Z is one of the scientific instruments onboard NASA’s Perseverance rover. The two cameras create a multispectral, stereoscopic imaging instrument that can zoom in, focus, and take 3D pictures and video at high speed to allow detailed examination of distant objects.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU
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Using 142 individual images taken by Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission, 21 February 2021, NASA created a 360-degree panorama.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Lockheed Martin starts the year with a big space contract. January contract awards showed contract value growth compared to previous years.
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NASA hid a secret message on the parachute that landed its Perseverance rover down on the surface of Mars last week.