NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has successfully entered an elliptical orbit around the planet, following a seven month voyage.
Cheers went up at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, as MRO sent word back to Earth, following a nervous wait for the spacecraft to burn its engines to break into orbit – and clear the dark side of Mars to send a signal back to Earth.
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On October 2, 2021, all actively operating spacecraft at Mars ceased major communication with Earth…
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For the first time ever, non-rocket powered flight has been achieved on a body other…
After successfully touching down on the Martian surface on February 18, 2021, NASA teams have…
After years of hard work and labor, NASA succeeded in the most complex landing ever…
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It seems like an obvious thing to say. When looking to establish a human colony…
NASA will need another set of Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle hardware for…
