About a month after the new year has started on Earth, three spacecraft will pull into the vicinity of Mars. What follows is a preview of some of 2021’s most expected events. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope,…
Continue ReadingSalty Ponds beneath South Pole on Mars
A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mar’s South Pole alongside a large underground lake, raising the prospect of tiny, swimming Martian life. Italian scientists reported their findings identifying what they believed to be a large buried lake.…
Continue ReadingNASA sends rover on round-trip Mars mission
The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built – a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers – blasted off for the red planet Thursday (July 31, 2020) as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the…
Continue ReadingUAE’s spacecraft heads to Mars
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away on July 20, 2020 on a seven-month journey to Mars. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or Hope, from Japan marked the start of a rush to fly to Earth’s neighbor…
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