by Sebastian | Mar 19, 2019 | China, Mars
The past few months have been exciting for China’s ambitious space program. Following a successful lunar landing on the Moon’s dark side and several captivating announcements for the future, Wu Weiren, the chief designer behind China’s lunar exploration program,...
by Sebastian | Feb 23, 2019 | Mars, News
Concluding an incredible 15 years of exploring, surveying, and laying the groundwork for future missions on the surface of Mars, NASA’s Opportunity Rover’s mission has finally come to a close. Following thousands of commands attempting to restore the rover, one last...
by Sebastian | Nov 28, 2018 | InSight, Mars
Completing its 300 million mile (458 million km) voyage, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport Lander (aka InSight) successfully arrived onto the surface of Mars. Tensions rose at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,...
by Sebastian | Nov 25, 2018 | InSight, Mars
InSight is a robotic lander operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory en route to Mars to study its interior structure. A bacronym, Insight stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transporting. The mission launched on...