NASA-ingenjörer löste ett oväntat problem med Curiosity-roboten när dess borr fastnade i en sten på Mars. Händelsen var första gången myndigheten ställdes inför detta specifika problem. Det tog nästan en vecka att få loss verktyget.
Curiosity-roboten, som har gjort många upptäckter på Mars yta, stötte på ett nytt bakslag när dess borr fastnade i en sten. NASA bekräftade att detta var första gången något liknande inträffat under uppdragets historia.
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Following their successful launch, NASA's Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft resolved a jammed toilet fan and Microsoft Outlook software glitches during the initial phase of their 10-day lunar orbit mission. The crew—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch—marks historic firsts: Glover as the first Black astronaut, Koch the first woman, and Hansen the first Canadian to venture toward the moon.
NASA's Curiosity rover faced an unexpected challenge during a recent sampling attempt on the Martian surface.
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Scientists from the University of Basel, ETH Zurich, and the European Space Agency have tested a quadrupedal robot equipped with a robotic arm to explore planetary surfaces more efficiently. The robot navigated rocky terrain autonomously, identifying targets and collecting data faster than traditional human-guided methods. The findings, published this week, suggest it could accelerate resource prospecting and searches for signs of life on the moon and Mars.
A Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Valentine’s Day, bringing four new astronauts and restoring NASA's full complement in orbit. The arrival followed an early return of a Crew-11 member due to a health emergency, leaving a single NASA astronaut to manage operations alone for over a month. The new crew members are Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway from NASA, Sophie Adenot from the European Space Agency, and Andrey Fedyaev from Roscosmos.
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NASA's Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the halfway point to the Moon following Wednesday's translunar injection burn, continuing smooth progress on the historic 10-day mission—the first crewed trip beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17. The crew is on track for a lunar far-side flyby tomorrow and observations on April 6.
A new study reveals that a volcano south of Pavonis Mons on Mars formed through multiple eruptive phases powered by an evolving magma system, challenging earlier assumptions of a single eruption. Researchers used orbital imaging and mineral data to trace the volcano's development. The findings indicate Mars's interior was more active than previously thought.
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NASA's Van Allen Probe A satellite, launched in 2012 to study Earth's radiation belts, is set to reenter the atmosphere early this week after running out of fuel in 2019. The agency has approved a safety waiver due to the reentry's risk exceeding government standards, though the chance of harm remains low at 1 in 4,200. Most of the 1,323-pound spacecraft will burn up, with some debris potentially reaching the surface.