As far as we are aware, Psyche was going to be the first spacecraft to ever examine a metallic asteroid. Psyche’s 2022 launch window will close before the spacecraft’s software is complete Independent review panel will determine future steps. NASA confirmed that it will not be launching the first mission dedicated to studying metallic asteroids … Read more
Any Martians reading this should practise ducking and covering. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the Red Planet was jolted by a magnitude 5 temblor on May 4, the greatest Marsquake yet detected. The tremors lasted more than six hours and unleashed more than ten times the energy of the preceding quake. … Read more
Perseverance rover sent by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has succeeded in obtaining a Martian rock sample after the second attempt, probably. During the first attempt by NASA, the rock was too fragile to withstand the drilling process. However, the data received on September 1 indicates the process of obtaining the sample was … Read more
