Tag: 2020 Mars rover
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Perseverance! NASA reveals the name of its next Mars rover, suggested by a seventh-grader
An artist’s conception shows NASA’s next rover at work on the Martian surface. (NASA Illustration) NASA’s next Mars rover was named Perseverance today, following up on a suggestion made by a seventh-grader in Virginia. More than 28,000 entries were submitted in NASA’s “Name the Rover” contest, and internet users racked up 770,000 online votes for their…
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NASA lists nine potential names suggested by kids for its next Mars rover: Vote for your favorite
More than 28,000 students submitted names for the rover that NASA plans to launch toward Mars in July. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration) NASA and an army of nearly 4,700 volunteer judges have selected nine potential names for a rover that’s due to be launched to Mars in July, and you have just six days to…
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Hey, kids: Name NASA’s 2020 Mars rover!
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech) NASA says a student will provide the official name for its 2020 Mars rover, continuing a tradition that began 16 years ago. The space agency will kick off its “Name the Rover” contest on Sept. 3, just as most…
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First Mode celebrates first steps in space exploration – and looks ahead to the moon
First Mode’s president and chief engineer, Chris Voorhees, shows off the employee-owned company’s digs near Seattle’s Pike Place Market. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) One year after engineers from the Planetary Resources asteroid mining company peeled off to form their own employee-owned startup, known as First Mode, they can point to the profitable work they’ve…
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Now you can put your name on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover (in teeny tiny letters)
Members of the public who sign up to have their names sent to Mars will get a souvenir boarding pass to print out as well. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Image) Space fans have been sending their names to Mars and other extraterrestrial destinations for more than two decades, and it’s that time again: From now until…
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NASA picks ancient Martian river delta at Jezero Crater as landing site for 2020 rover
This color-coded image of the Jezero Crater delta combines information from two instruments on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars and the Context Camera. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / JHU-APL) One week before the next Mars mission is due to land, NASA has chosen the landing site for its next…
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NASA adds a drone to its 2020 Mars rover
An artist’s conception shows the Mars Helicopter. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration) NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has given the thumbs-up to putting a helicopter on Mars. The Mars Helicopter, which is actually more of an autonomous drone, will be packed into the belly pan of a Red Planet rover that’s due for launch in 2020. For…
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Here’s how NASA’s shiny 2020 rover will look when it’s hunting for life on Mars
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech) The rover that NASA is getting ready to send to Mars in 2020 looks a lot like the Curiosity rover that’s been working on Mars for almost five years – except for that freakishly big robotic arm. The arm is…
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NASA seeks five concepts for 2022 Mars orbiter and gives go-ahead for 2020 rover
An artist’s conception shows NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter relaying data. (Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech) NASA says it’s selected five aerospace companies, including Boeing, to conduct concept studies for a Mars telecommunications orbiter that’s likely to launch in 2022. It’s also given the formal go-ahead for the final design of its long-planned 2020 Mars rover. In…
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NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented reality
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory check the design of a rover assembly using Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality system. (Credit: NASA) We’ve already seen how Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset is helping folks fight off aliens on the International Space Station and take a virtual walk on Mars. Now check out how it’s being used to tweak…