Engineers are working to stabilize a dust cover on one of the science instrument’s cameras. Data and imagery from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover indicate one of two covers that keep dust from accumulating on the optics of the SHERLOC instrument remains partially open. In this position, the cover interferes with science data collection operations. Mounted … Read more
Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet. NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25, while Earth and the Red Planet are on opposite sides of the … Read more
Ingenuity collected as many as 10 images of the rocky surface of the red planet. (File image: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover has made a video of the 13th flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sent by the agency. But what is unique about that? Well, this video of the flight … Read more
Swati Mohan, the NASA scientist who spearheaded the development if attitude control and landing system of the rover. (Image: Twitter/MKStalin) An Indian-American scientist Dr Swati Mohan has been a significant part of NASA’s ambitious Mars mission involving the Perseverance Rover. As the curiosity rover soft-landed on the surface of the moon on Thursday (local time … Read more