Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year.
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Posted inMissions & Hardware, NASA Astrobiology Program, People Of Astrobiology, Status Report
NASA JPL Layoffs Announced
Editor’s note: A message from JPL Director Dave Gallagher announced a JPL layoff of 550 people.
Posted inExploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Skyfall: Future Concept Next-Gen Mars Helicopters for Exploration and Human Landing Preparation
Today, AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain autonomous systems, revealed Skyfall—a potential future mission concept for next-generation Mars Helicopters developed with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory […]
Posted inInterstellar, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Voyager 1 Interstellar Probe Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have revived a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been considered inoperable since 2004. Fixing the thrusters […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Mars, Microbiology & Virology, Missions & Hardware, Panspermia, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Status Report
Whole-genome Sequencing Of Paenibacillus Phoenicis Isolated from the Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Assembly Facility
The genome of Paenibacillus phoenicis, a spore-forming bacterium isolated from the spacecraft assembly facility of the Phoenix mission, was generated via hybrid assembly by merging short and long reads. Examining […]
Posted inExploration Gear & Tech, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Understanding Mars Helicopter Ingenuity’s Last Flight On Mars
This review takes a close look the final flight of the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first aircraft to fly on another world.
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NASA JPL Unveils The Dr. Edward Stone Exploration Trail
Family members, colleagues, and local dignitaries gathered on Friday, Dec. 6, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California for the unveiling of a memorial honoring Ed Stone, best known […]
Posted inCryobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds
Through advanced autonomy testbed programs, NASA is setting the groundwork for one of its top priorities—the search for signs of life and potentially habitable bodies in our solar system and […]
Posted inInterstellar, Missions & Hardware, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
Voyager 1 Interstellar Mission Resumes Regular Operations
NASA’s Voyager 1 has resumed regular operations 1 following a pause in communication last month. The probe had unexpectedly turned off its primary radio transmitter, called an X-band transmitter, and […]
Posted inEnceladus, Europa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
NASA’s SWIM Robot on Glacial Ice in Alaska
A model of a tiny, wedge-shaped robot designed to explore subsurface oceans of icy moons, right, sits beside a large waterproof capsule containing electronics and sensors for testing below glacial […]