A composite image, annotated at JPL using visualization software, showing Perseverance’s path through a dense section of boulders. The pale blue line indicates the course of the center of the front wheel hubs, while darker blue lines show the paths of the rover’s six wheels. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, has used its self-driving smarts …
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has set a new flight record on the red planet. On its 59th flight just a few days ago, the drone-like machine reached an altitude of 20 meters, beating its previous record, set in December last year, by 6 meters. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is overseeing the mission that …
The occurrence of seasons on the planets in our solar system is due to their tilt in their orbits, resulting in one hemisphere receiving more sunlight at certain times of the year. However, another factor that impacts weather and conditions on planets is their position in their orbit around the sun. Unlike Earth, which has …