NASA News and Updates
Not going to go into the fiasco that is becoming the first controlled flight of a vehicle on another planet. The demonstration test has had a few setbacks and pushbacks…
NASA Updates – Ingenuity Flight Test Cancelled
The biggest piece of news this update is the continual long-running update from the previous two articles, namely, Ingenuity has once again blown through a test date due to technical…
NASA Targets Date for Helicopter Ingenuity First Flight
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter team has targeted Sunday, April 11, 2021 for Ingenuity’s’ expositional and maiden test flight. Then during a LIVEstream on Monday, April 12 at 0330hrs EDT they will…
NASA Updates – Ingenuity Readies for Flight – NASA Updates
Rover Perseverance has jettisoned Ingenuity’s lower cover in preparation for the first ever test flight on another planet. Ingenuity is of course the helicopter the NASA engineers came up with…
The Artemis Missions Website – Humanity’s Return to the Moon
I wrote an introductory article a month or so back on the Artemis missions which NASA currently has in full swing with the Mars 2020 Mission and the landing of…
Perseverance’s SuperCam Science Instrument Delivers First Results
The above picture represents a close up combining two images from Perseverance’s SuperCam science instrument of a rock named ‘Yeehgo”, which is the Navajo word for diligent. The SuperCam instrument…
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission Update 3.9.2021
As we follow the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission I’ll provide weekly updates on what’s been going with the mission. This update covers science and updates and what Perseverance is performing…
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a NASA mission I have been waiting for some time to launch. Originally set to be launched in 2018, we are now 3…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter – High Speed Communications Link
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is an ongoing mission which launched August 12, 2005. After a 7 month journey to Mars it has been on a continuing search for water…
The Artemis Missions Phases I-III
The Artemis missions are NASA’s continuing efforts to get humans back to the moon. We’ve had astronauts in space for decades now aboard the orbiting International Space Station. The scope…