
German mole on Mars rover is kaput
The InSight lander’s Mars digger has been declared dead after “the mole” failed to dig deep enough to take the Red Planet’s temperature.
The InSight lander’s Mars digger has been declared dead after “the mole” failed to dig deep enough to take the Red Planet’s temperature.
SpaceX, the rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, is due to launch four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station.
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The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected, good news for astronauts at future lunar bases who could tap into these resources for drinking and making rocket fuel.
Nokia says it has been tapped by NASA to build the first cellular communications network on the Moon.
NASA has unveiled its latest plans to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the moon in 2024.
China is scheduled to launch an unmanned probe to Mars, aiming to demonstrate its technological prowess as it makes a bid for global leadership in space with its first independent mission to visit another planet.
When NASA called for entries in a competition to design a rover that could potentially explore Venus, Callum Heron drew on his experiences building go-karts and other gadgets in the small Queensland town of Killarney.