NASA's Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot
NASA's Perseverance took this selfie of itself looking down at one of 10 sample tubes deposited at the sample depot it created in an area nicknamed "Three Forks." This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover's robotic arm on Jan. 20, 2023, the 684th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
NASA Mars Rover Triumphantly Completes First Sample Depot on Another World - CNET
Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance completes rock depot - BBC News
It's laid down a series of tubes on the ground containing a variety of rock and environmental specimens.
The depot will serve as a reserve cache to be brought back to Earth in the event Perseverance is unable to complete the next stage of its mission.
Perseverance has drilled a mix of volcanic and sedimentary rocks that should tell the story of the crater and the lake it once held. Examples of those rocks are now in the depot on a flat piece of terrain dubbed "Three Forks".
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The selection process for astronauts is secretive, so much so that even the astronauts selected often do not know how they were prioritized for particular missions, even decades later.
Recently, CNN spoke with "nearly a dozen current and former NASA officials and astronauts," some of whom the news outlet kept anonymous. Based on these interviews, the news outlet has shared a few predictions (opens in new tab) as to who will be selected.
NASA meeting works to define exploration architecture - SpaceNews
WASHINGTON — NASA officials met last week to review its overall exploration architecture, although it was unclear exactly what they agreed to and when they will make it public.
"Today is the start of NASA’s Architecture Concept Review, where we’ll gain concurrence on our Moon to Mars architecture amongst our colleagues, enabling us to work toward the same plan," tweeted Catherine Koerner, deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development, ...
A NASA spacecraft discovers a formation on Mars resembling a bear | WLRN
Scientists found an unexpected discovery on the surface of Mars: a formation resembling the face of a bear.
Two beady eyes are formed by two craters. A hill with a "V-shaped collapse structure" resembles a snout. A "circular fracture pattern" outlines a head.
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This kind of engine can also extract more energy from its fuel, and doesn't require a separate oxygen tank to support combustion in the vacuum of space. Aspects like this make this more powerful, more efficient engine ideal for lengthy space missions.
But RDRE engines are notoriously tricky to build, and scientists around the world have been working to optimize this type of engine for space travel (and even high-speed air travel) for decades.
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