[ad_1] NEW DELHI: NASA’s next lunar mission, VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), has taken a major step forward as it prepares to head to the Moon later this year. VIPER project manager Dan Andrews recently announced: “All of VIPER’s flight instruments are installed and the rover is more than 80% built!” He described this … Read more
[ad_1] Perseverance detects Ingenuity at its last airfield: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic showing the Ingenuity Mars helicopter at its last airfield on February 4, 2024. The helicopter damaged its rotor blades during landing on its 72nd flight on January 18, 2024. The Ingenuity team has dubbed the location where the helicopter completed … Read more
[ad_1] Home Science ‘Clues of past life on Mars’: NASA’s Perseverance rover confirms the presence of an ancient lake on the red planet NASA’s Mars mission: The Perseverance rover has recently found evidence of ancient lake sediments at the bottom of Jezero Crater, offering new hope for finding traces of past life on the Red … Read more
[ad_1] Data collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover has confirmed the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater, according to a study published Friday. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations made by the robotic rover corroborate previous orbital images and other data leading scientists … Read more