NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission returned to normal science and relay operations on May 28, 2022, after recovering from an extended safe mode event. The spacecraft […]
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Fleet Space Technologies Aims For Moon And Mars Missions With Help From Seven Sisters Consortium
Fleet Space Technologies has joined some of Australia, and the world’s major space and non-space organizations, in a bid to further the exploration of the Moon, Mars and the Earth. […]
JAXA Awards MMX Mission Flight Units Contract To MDA
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has been awarded the full contract from MELCO (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) in Japan to provide a Laser Rangefinder (LRF) altimeter for the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) […]
Rocket Lab Engaging Two Photon Spacecraft For A Science Mission To Mars For NASA’s ESCAPADE Quest
Rocket Lab will initiate final mission design and manufacture to supply two, interplanetary, Photon spacecraft for a science mission to Mars, delivering Decadal-class science at a fraction of the cost […]
Northrop Grumman To Power Mars Ascent Vehicle
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by NASA to provide solid propulsion systems and controls for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), which will be launched to Mars in […]
UPDATE 1: Mars + NASA Perseverance Rover: Continuing News
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on February 21 after rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees, allowing the […]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing
Less than a day after NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were […]
UPDATE 1: Perseverance Pays Off — ULA Lands NASA’s Rover Successfully Landing On Mars
Cheers erupted in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as controllers confirmed that NASA’s Perseverance rover, with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attached to its belly, has touched down safely […]
L3Harris Receives Perseverance Rover Control Link Award
L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) avionics and communications technology will provide a critical link that enables NASA to control the Perseverance Rover when it lands on Mars and throughout the vehicle’s 10-year […]