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While the usual names like Max, Bella, Oliver and Luna remained favorites for dog and cat owners, choosing pandemic-inspired names was also on the rise.Â
NASA’s newest Mars rover has completed its first sample grab, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth.
BEIJING (AP) � China’s Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for whether it once supported life. China’s National Space Administration said on its website Friday the rover completed its 90-day program on Aug. 15 and was in excellent technical condition and fully charged. It
TOKYO (AP) � Japan’s space agency plans to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the U.S. and Chinese missions now operating on Mars. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an explorer in 2024 to land on the moon Phobos to collect a small amount of soil and bring it
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) � NASA is blaming unusually soft rock for last week’s sampling fiasco on Mars. The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collect its first core sample on the red planet. Data beamed back last Friday showed that the rover drilled to the proper depth of nearly 3 inches, and
NASA has released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars.
The space agency says the six-wheeled Perseverance hurtled through the thin, orange atmosphere and settled onto the surface Thursday in the mission’s riskiest maneuver yet.
NASA’s latest road trip to Mars is almost complete.
NASA is asking for votes to help pick the name of its next Mars rover.