Late last year, NASA scientists pressed the start of a long-awaited space mission. In short, they launched a spacecraft towards an asteroid that could very well be made entirely of metal, a composition that appears to be a rarity – at least in the vicinity of our solar system. The robot adventurer is called Psyche … Read more
A trio of team-working lunar rovers have been put through their paces at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)’s famed “Mars Yard” ahead of their launch to the moon later this year or early next year. The cooperative autonomous distributed robot exploration, or FRAME, rovers are a trio of robotic explorers on suitcase-sized wheels, for which … Read more
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. As humans, we love to ‘dare mighty things’. That’s the motto of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which borrows from a quote from Theodore Roosevelt. As a species born … Read more
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. As humans, we love to ‘dare mighty things’. That’s the motto of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which borrows from a quote from Theodore Roosevelt. As a species born … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After completing 72 historic flights on Mars in three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended. Originally designed as an experiment, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another world, taking off on April … Read more
Nearly three years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars as part of a decades-long effort to investigate whether the now barren planet once hosted life. Jezero crater once housed a large lake and a river delta. The size of a car Perseverance, equipped with advanced cameras and scientific instruments, has so far spent its … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An innovative experiment aboard NASA’s Psyche mission has just reached its first major milestone by successfully performing the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions delve deeper … Read more