by Ben | Nov 18, 2023 | NASA
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...
by Ben | Jan 16, 2021 | NASA, Press Releases
NASA is hosting a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m. EST to discuss the upcoming landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The event will air live on NASA TV, the agency’s website, and YouTube. Perseverance lands Feb. 18, carrying new...
by Ben | Jun 12, 2020 | NASA, Press Releases
Yes, you read that right. Pittsburgh is going to the moon. Well, at least a water searching rover that Astrobotic has been tasked to deliver to the Moon’s South Pole in anticipation of Americans landing on the Lunar Surface beginning in 2024. FROM NASA: NASA has...
by Ben | Jun 9, 2020 | NASA, Press Releases
NASA will announce the commercial provider selected to deliver NASA’s new water-hunting mobile robot, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), to the South Pole of the Moon during a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 10. As...
by Ben | May 22, 2019 | NASA
Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, NASA is giving the public an opportunity to send their names — etched on microchips — to the Red Planet with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, which represents the initial leg of humanity’s first round...
