A new study has provided new insights into Mars’ ancient climate, suggesting it may have been colder and icier than previously thought. The research, which compared soil samples from Mars’ Gale Crater to those found in subarctic regions on Earth, challenges the long-held notion that Mars was once warm and wet. Scientists have long debated …
Landing on another planetary body has been one of the biggest challenges and engineers across the world have been working to develop innovating technology to ensure a smooth touchdown, be it the Moon or Mars. About 27 years ago, as a Nasa-led spacecraft was hurtling down through the thin Martian atmosphere, all eyes were glaring …
Published By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar Last Updated: July 07, 2024, 19:19 IST Washington D.C., United States of America (USA) Anca Selariu, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks in front of other members, from left to right, Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell, and Nathan Jones, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. (Image: AP Photo) …
After more than a year, the first volunteer crew that lived and worked inside NASA’s Mars habitat is all set to exit its ground-based home on July 6. The four volunteers had been living inside the first simulated 3D-printed Mars habitat of 1,700 square-foot size at the US space agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. …
Colonising Mars and settling humans on the Red Planet has been a long-standing dream of not just Elon Musk, but also space agencies around the world. However, due to its inhospitable nature, to date, no space agencies have been able to send humans to Mars, let alone colonise it. NASA Studying how body will react to …
After spending more than a year in isolation, four volunteers are set to conclude NASA’s groundbreaking Mars simulation mission on Saturday, July 6. The crew will exit their 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, with NASA providing live coverage of this historic moment. The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) …
After six months of intensive troubleshooting, Nasa’s Perseverance Mars rover has successfully revived its Sherloc (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) instrument. This critical tool, designed to search for signs of ancient microbial life, encountered a malfunction in January that rendered it inoperative. However, engineers at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
After its historic success with Mangalyaan, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to return to Mars with a bigger, bolder, and braver mission. Building on the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission a.k.a Mangalyaan, the second edition aims to go a step further by landing a rover and helicopter on the Martian …
SpaceX is set to launch its towering Starship rocket system on its fourth test flight as early as Thursday, a crucial milestone in the company’s quest to develop a fully reusable launch vehicle for deep space exploration. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted SpaceX a license, clearing the way for the nearly 400-foot-tall (122-meter), …
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 3, 2024 12:44 IST SpaceX is preparing for the highly anticipated fourth flight test of its massive Starship rocket, which could launch as early as June 6 pending regulatory approval. This upcoming mission aims to take a significant step towards the company’s goal of achieving rapid reusability for its interplanetary transportation system. …