Covered in the red dust that sealed its fate, the NASA InSight lander is slowly shutting down, more than 250 million kilometers from home.
Space Exploration
May 17, 2022
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Advances in intuitive microwriting devices that can print microstructures could pattern electric circuits and more. The setup, featuring a robot arm to hold the micropen, deposits ink onto the surface, much like writing by ...
General Physics
Dec 7, 2021
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Space has become a trash heap.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2021
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NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 6, 2021
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A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday.
Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2021
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In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is once again preparing to collect the first of many rock core samples that could eventually be brought to Earth for further study.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 26, 2021
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Chinese astronauts edged into space on Friday to add the finishing touches to a robotic arm on the Tiangong space station.
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2021
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A new video rings in the rover's ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity's location on a Martian mountain.
Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2021
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Two astronauts on Sunday made the first spacewalk outside China's new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm.
Space Exploration
Jul 4, 2021
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The team behind NASA's InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft's energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander's robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2021
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