The Yandex team announced the next achievement of its robotic delivery project. Yandex.Rovers begin shipping on the University of Arizona campus. The project was implemented in cooperation with the American food delivery service Grubhub. This is the second American campus where Yandex unmanned robots deliver food. The first was Ohio State University in August. However, […]
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China publishes a snapshot of the Zhurong rover from Mars orbit
A snapshot of the Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars was released today by the National Space Agency of China (CNSA), Xinhua reported. The image was taken on June 2 by the Tianwen-1 probe in orbit. In its upper right corner, two spots are visible, the upper one of which, according to CNSA, […]
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Glittering Clouds on Mars – Animated Photos
NASA’s Curiosity rover has photographed glowing clouds on Mars. This is reported by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). As noted, cloudy weather is rare on Mars and occurs, as a rule, at the equator during the coldest time of the year, when the red planet is farthest from the Sun. But two years ago, […]
Chinese rover Zhurong successfully descended from the platform and began to explore Mars – photo
China’s rover Zhurong successfully left the landing platform and began exploring Mars. This is reported by the China Space Administration. The rover reportedly left the landing platform at 10:40 am on May 22 Beijing time (05:40 am Kiev time). The rover began patrolling and scouting the area. This photo was taken by the rover’s […]
The Chang’e 5 probe showed the Earth and the Sun from the Lagrange point L1 1.5 million km from us – photo
After dropping a capsule with lunar soil samples over China, the orbital probe of the Chang’e 5 mission was sent to the L1 Lagrange point from us in the direction of the Sun, since it had enough fuel left to perform various additional experiments and observations. Since March, the probe has been located about 1.5 […]
Perseverance captures the night sky over Mars and its satellite Phobos: photo
The Perseverance rover has sent another photo from the Red Planet to Earth. This time, the sight of his lens hit the night starry sky, on the right of which, presumably, one of the satellites of Mars, Phobos, is visible. The snapshot was posted on Twitter on the NASA mission bot page. Subscribe to LIGA.net […]
They wanted to send the Martian helicopter on a record voyage, but it did not take off. The reason is named
On April 29, the Ingenuity mini-helicopter did not complete its planned fourth flight at Jezero Crater on Mars. This was announced by a mission operator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They write that the problem identified earlier is that every time the helicopter tries to take off, with a 15% probability, the watchdog timer […]
NASA Drone In Flight Filmed The Perseverance Rover: It Is Not Easy To See It – Photo
The Ingenuity drone on Mars has photographed the Perseverance rover in flight. This is reported on Twitter by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The shot was reportedly taken when Ingenuity was at a height of five meters and a distance of approximately 85 meters from the rover. NASA suggests checking if you can find Perseverance […]
Martian Helicopter Flew Out Of Frame: Video
On April 25, at 11:31 am Kiev time, the Ingenuity mini-helicopter made the third ever flight in the atmosphere of Mars, this time with an impressive lateral movement, and not just ascent / landing with minimal lateral movement. Ingenuity’s two previous flights – 39 and 52 seconds – took place on April 19 and […]
Colonization Of Mars Is Getting Closer: Oxygen Was Produced For The First Time On The Red Planet
On April 20, an experimental instrument aboard the Perseverance rover successfully produced oxygen on Mars. This was announced by the NASA subsite dedicated to the Mars 2020 mission. The MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment) instrument at 800 ° C separates oxygen atoms from carbon dioxide molecules, releasing a by-product, carbon monoxide, into […]