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Here’s all the technology NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, needs to survive landing on the red planet

Chris James - February 17, 2021 5 MIN READ

This month has been a busy one for Mars exploration. Several countries sent missions to the red planet in June last year, taking advantage of a launch window. Most have now arrived after their eight-month voyage. Within the next few days, NASA will perform a direct entry of the Martian atmosphere to land the Perseverance… Read more »

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Women make ideal astronauts, but the problem is that space exploration has been designed for men

Alice Gorman - June 16, 2020 4 MIN READ

Only 566 people have ever travelled to space. Sixty-five of them, or about 11.5%, were women. NASA recently proclaimed it will put the “first woman and next man” on the Moon by 2024. Despite nearly 60 years of human spaceflight, women are still in the territory of “firsts”. Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in… Read more »

Here’s all the technology NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, needs to survive landing on the red planet

Women make ideal astronauts, but the problem is that space exploration has been designed for men

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