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NASA's Mars InSight lander ends mission after losing power

"We've actually been able to do a whole lot more than what we claimed and promised to do," Bruce Banerdt, a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California and principal investigator of the InSight mission, told Space.com ...

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover just dropped its 1st sample on the Martian surface

This tube is a backup depot, however; Perseverance collects twin samples at each location and its mission calls for it to do the delivery itself, using the set of caches inside the rover. But if necessary, the helicopters could be called upon to pick up ...

NASA's InSight lander bows out after ground-shaking Mars mission

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

Dust-laden solar panels and darker Martian skies have finally sealed the fate of NASA's InSight mission, the agency announced Wednesday, after the intrepid lander delivered its final message from Mars at the end of its history-making mission to reveal ...

We could build space cities in asteroids like in sci-fi with this wild concept

The wild asteroid concept would see far-future humans gather up rock rubble in a massive bag made of nanofiber mesh, allowing future astronauts to build a habitat inside the loose asteroid bits as the rocks spin in space.

Russian space debris forces space station to dodge, cancels US spacewalk

NASA has called off a planned spacewalk at the last moment after a large piece of Russian space debris came dangerously close to the orbital outpost. NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada were getting ready ...

The Ursid meteor shower, last 'shooting stars' of 2022, peaks tonight

Santa Claus and his reindeer aren't the only ones making an appearance in the skies this week. If you missed the Geminid meteor shower last week, you have one more chance to spot ...

Astronauts embark on spacewalk after space debris triggered one-day delay

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio are set to install a solar array outside the floating laboratory. Rubio will serve as extravehicular crew member 1 and will wear a suit with red stripes, while Cassada will wear an unmarked white suit as ...

NASA's InSight Mission Dies After 4 Years of Listening for Marsquakes

The New York Times

The New York Times

After four years of making important discoveries about the interior of the red planet, the stationary lander lost power because of Martian dust covering its solar panels. Send any friend ...

Look up to the sky for the last meteor shower of the year

A gift from the skies is coming just in time for the holidays — the Ursids meteor shower. This celestial event will be the last meteor shower of 2022. The Ursids typically produce only around five to 10 visible meteors an hour, according to EarthSky.

James Webb Space Telescope back to science operations after glitch

"The observatory and instruments are all in good health, and were not in any danger while Webb's onboard fault management system worked as expected to keep the hardware safe," NASA officials wrote.