This illustration shows NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover, the second of the two Mars Exploration Rovers to land on the Red Planet in 2004 to search for signs of past life. NASA/JPL-Caltech It seems easy enough: If we can blast a man to the moon for a round of golf, why do we have...
In the process, NASA also has also been dealt catastrophic setbacks, including the loss of several spacecraft and their crews in accidents, as well as controversies over its performance and direction. And since the end of its space shuttle program, NASA has had to turn increasingly to the gro...
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If all of the first three measures fail to solve the energy problem, the rover will go into dormancy until the dust clears, when it will wake up automatically and resume work, according to Peng. Two selfies taken by Zhurong on May 19 last year and January 22 this year ...
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and the psychological requirements on the other hand. As the astronauts are destined to live together for several months or years in space or on other worlds, it is essential that all crew members work together in order to accomplish the mission without a hitch. NASA seeks to recruit astronaut...
As scientists, we also have a continuing role to play in disseminating the results of our work to the broader community, and we do so by means that range from informal interactions with the general public to formal college-level education. The intrinsic public interest in astronomy amplifies the...
"We will start inhabiting outer space," says Angelo Vermeulen, crew commander of a NASA-funded Mars simulation. "It might take 50 years or it might take 500 years, but it's going to happen." In this charming talk, the TED Senior Fellow describes some of