uncrewed spacecraft
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Perseverance’s Missing Mars Rock Sample Appears to Have Crumbled Away
The Perseverance rover may have hit its first major hiccup on Mars, as last week’s attempt at sampling Martian rock turned up a perplexing amount of nothing. Yesterday, mission team members at NASA reported that the rover’s systems functioned perfectly — the problem instead lies with the composition of the Martian surface.
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Hell Yeah, Another Venus Mission Just Got the Green Light
It’s been just a week since NASA announced its two Venus missions, and now there’s another one to look forward to. The European Space Agency today announced EnVision, its own Venus-bound spacecraft, slated to launch in the early 2030s.
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Solar Orbiter Is About to Reach the Far Side of the Sun
Few 1-year-olds are as intrepid explorers as NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter. The space probe is already 222 million kilometres from Earth and is about to take baby’s first trip behind the Sun.