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For more than 45 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos, crossing the boundary of our solar system to become the first human-made object to venture to interstellar space. Iconic in every regard, Voyager 1 has delivered groundbreaking data on Jupiter and Saturn, and captured the loneliest image of Earth. But perhaps nothing is lonelier than an aging spacecraft that has lost its ability to communicate while traveling billions of miles away from home.Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS…

Hundreds of employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be affected by budget constraints looming over the space agency for the current year, with Congress still behind on issuing the final budget for 2024 and its final decision regarding Mars Sample Return (MSR).'More People Need to Know About This History': A Black Astronaut Speaks About Race and SpaceIn a statement issued on Tuesday, NASA announced that it will layoff 530 employees, or around 8% of the JPL workforce, as well as 40 contractors, in its…

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The Perseverance rover spotted the Ingenuity helicopter at its final resting place.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon SchmaußNASA’s iconic Martian duo have officially parted ways, with the Perseverance rover capturing a lonely view of its helicopter friend, which recently suffered a fatal blow that left it unable to fly.Trump Went Through Twitter WithdrawalA recent image beamed down from Mars shows the Ingenuity helicopter parked atop the sand dunes of Mars’ Neretva Vallis, as Perseverance rolls away from its sidekick.…

It’s been a week since NASA announced the end of its Mars helicopter mission, and we’re still not over losing our beloved Ginny. But apparently, neither is NASA, as the space agency is still trying to figure out what happened during Ingenuity’s last flight on Mars.Trump Went Through Twitter WithdrawalDuring a livestream held on Wednesday to pay tribute to the Ingenuity helicopter, NASA announced that the mission team will rotate Ingenuity’s blades and give them a little “wiggle” to adjust their angle in order to try and…

The little helicopter touched down with the Perseverance rover in 2021. On January 25, NASA announced that the flying vehicle had to perform an emergency landing which damaged one of its rotors and ended its mission.Read more... The little helicopter touched down with the Perseverance rover in 2021. On January 25, NASA announced that the flying vehicle had to perform an emergency landing which damaged one of its rotors and ended its mission.Read more... FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here…

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After nearly three years of flying across the Martian terrain, the Ingenuity helicopter has finally ended its mission. NASA declared Thursday that Ingenuity had sustained damage to a blade during its most recent landing and would not make another flight. Trump Went Through Twitter WithdrawalImages of Ingenuity’s last flight—its 72nd on Mars—which took place on January 18, revealed that one or more of its rotor blades were damaged and that the helicopter will no longer be able to fly, NASA announced. “The historic journey…

NASA is scaling back on its ambitious Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, fearing federal budget cuts to the space agency’s plan to bring back rock and dust from the Red Planet, which has come under heavy scrutiny for having unrealistic costs and timelines.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonNASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reportedly laid off 100 contractors last week and implemented a hiring freeze as it braces for the new federal budget in 2024, the Los Angeles Times first reported. The space agency also…

NASA beamed ultra-high definition video of a cat named Taters back to Earth from nearly 19 million miles away, the space agency said Monday. The 15-second cat video was sent to Earth as an experiment for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications. The space agency hopes to one day stream very high-bandwidth video and other data from deep space, enabling future human missions beyond Earth's orbit.How did a video of Taters the Cat get to space?While animals, including a cat named Félicette, have actually been to space, Taters…