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- Mars Is Getting Crowded
Perseverance, Ingenuity, and China's new Zhurong rover are all active on Mars at once, with UAE's Hope watching from orbit.
- Zhurong Rolls Onto Mars, and China Joins the Rover Club
China's Zhurong rover drove off its landing platform onto Utopia Planitia, kicking off a 90-sol mission to study Mars geology and hunt for ice.
- China Lands Zhurong on Mars, Nailing It on the First Try
China's Tianwen-1 mission touched down the Zhurong rover in Utopia Planitia, making China only the second country to operate a rover on Mars.
- Ingenuity Just Got Promoted From Tech Demo to Scout
NASA's Mars helicopter hit a new altitude and distance record on flight five, then moved into an operational role supporting Perseverance.
- A 21-Ton Rocket Just Fell Out of the Sky, and Nobody Was in Control
The core stage of China's Long March 5B made an uncontrolled reentry into the Indian Ocean, reviving old debates about how we launch big rockets.
- Starship SN15 Sticks the Landing
SpaceX's SN15 prototype flew a ~10km hop and landed intact, finally breaking Starship's landing curse after four prior losses.
- Crew-1 Comes Home: A Nighttime Splashdown for the History Books
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down off Florida early this morning, ending NASA's first long-duration commercial crew mission.
- China's Tiangong Station Gets Its First Piece: The Tianhe Module Is in Orbit
China launched the 22.5-ton Tianhe core module on a Long March 5B, kicking off roughly two years of assembly for its Tiangong space station.
- Ingenuity Keeps Pushing Its Mars Flight Envelope
Ingenuity's second and third Mars flights added altitude, sideways motion, and distance, extending its five-flight demo campaign.
- Crew-2 Docks With the ISS, and Commercial Crew Starts Looking Routine
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour docked with the ISS carrying an international Crew-2 team, a milestone that's starting to feel almost ordinary.
- MOXIE Just Made Oxygen on Mars, and That Changes the Math for Human Spaceflight
Perseverance's MOXIE instrument produced usable oxygen from Mars's CO2 atmosphere, a first step toward in-situ resource use on another planet.
- Ingenuity Just Flew on Mars, and I'm Still Processing It
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter made the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, hovering above Jezero Crater for about 39 seconds.
- Ingenuity's First Flight Slips After a Rotor Hiccup
A failed transition out of 'pre-flight' mode during a rotor spin test pushed Ingenuity's historic first Mars flight past its April 11 target.
- Ingenuity Clears for Takeoff on Mars
Perseverance has dropped Ingenuity onto the Martian surface and driven clear, setting up the first powered flight attempt on another planet.
- China's Giant Radio Dish Opens Its Doors to the World
FAST, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, now accepts observation proposals from scientists outside China.
- Starship SN11 Lost in the Fog
SpaceX's SN11 prototype was destroyed during descent today, the fourth Starship in a row to be lost, with thick fog hiding the failure from cameras.
- Perseverance clears the way for Ingenuity's historic Mars flight
Perseverance dropped Ingenuity's protective debris shield this week, the next step toward the first powered flight attempt on another planet.
- Astronomers reveal what a black hole's magnetic field looks like
The Event Horizon Telescope team released a polarized-light image of M87's black hole, showing magnetic field lines at its edge for the first time.
- Asteroid 2001 FO32 Just Made Its Closest Pass of Earth in Centuries
Near-Earth asteroid 2001 FO32 safely passed Earth today at about 2 million km, giving NASA a rare close-up chance to study it with radar and telescopes.
- Starlink's Satellite Swarm Is Giving Astronomers a Headache
SpaceX keeps launching Starlink satellites weekly, and astronomers say the growing swarm is leaving bright trails across their telescope images.
- SpaceX Sends Up 60 More Starlink Satellites, Nails Another Booster Landing
A Falcon 9 launched 60 Starlink satellites from pad 39A and landed its booster on a drone ship as the constellation races past a thousand spacecraft.
- Perseverance Takes Its First Drive on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover rolled about 6.5 meters across Jezero Crater on March 4, and its landing site now bears a new name.
- Why Jezero Crater Is Mars' Most Interesting Address Right Now
A look at why NASA picked Jezero Crater for Perseverance, and what makes its ancient river delta such a promising place to hunt for past life.
- What's Next for the Mars Fleet: Ingenuity's Helicopter Gambit
With three missions now at Mars, focus shifts to Perseverance's plan to deploy the experimental Ingenuity helicopter this spring.
- Perseverance Sends Home Mars's First Color Pictures and the Sound of Wind
Days after landing in Jezero Crater, Perseverance beamed back color images and the first audio recording of Martian wind.
- Perseverance Sticks the Landing on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero Crater today, the most precise Mars landing ever attempted.
- 60 More Starlink Satellites Reach Orbit, But SpaceX Loses the Booster
A Falcon 9 delivered 60 Starlink satellites Monday night, but its first stage missed the droneship, prompting a review of upcoming launches.
- Tianwen-1 Slides Into Mars Orbit, and China Joins a Very Short List
China's Tianwen-1 orbiter-lander-rover mission entered Mars orbit on Feb 10, becoming just the sixth successful arrival at the planet.
- UAE's Hope Probe Enters Mars Orbit, Making History for the Arab World
The UAE's Hope orbiter reached Mars orbit today, making the UAE the first Arab nation to reach another planet.
- Mars Traffic Jam: Three Missions Converge on the Red Planet This Month
Hope, Tianwen-1, and Perseverance all arrive at Mars within nine days of each other this February.