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Apple gave the world its first look at its new iPhone 15 during Tuesday’s annual September product event. The sleek device has a textured matte finish, a ceramic shield and supports USB-C charging. Apple said that USB-C charging cables are coming to both its iPhone 15 and the charging case of its AirPods Pro devices, allowing … Read more
Whenever the first astronauts land on Mars, they may have to thank a microwave-oven-sized device for the air they breathe. That’s because a small, golden cube aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover has produced enough oxygen on the Red Planet to keep a human alive, at least for a while. In total, the MOXIE instrument has made 122 … Read more
It turns out Earth is not the only planet humans are contaminating. A new image snapped by NASA’s Perseverance rover captures the sad reality of how we are already littering Mars with rubbish. Engineers discovered a discarded thermal blanket which they said was used to protect the car-sized vehicle from extreme temperatures it experienced during landing. … Read more
Flight one: April 19, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 9.8ft, stationary hover and a landing Flight two: April 22, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 16ft, hover, then shift westward for 14ft before returning and landing Flight three: April 25, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 16ft, hover, shift northwards for 328ft … Read more
Why space explorers trying to survive on other planets really could become Cybermen Modern space pioneers could become a mix of ‘flesh, blood and electronics’ Lord Rees said: ‘…explorers on Mars will be out of the clutches of the regulators’ Within a generation the Mars explorers could become a quite different species The explorers could … Read more
Could YOU design a Martian metaverse? NASA challenges developers to create a virtual reality environment to help train astronauts for Mars missions – and is offering $70,000 in prizes Developers being offered $70,000 in prizes to design best Martian metaverses NASA put out a plea for ‘a new virtual reality research and testing environment’ Aim is … Read more
There are two speeds of sound on Mars — one for high-pitched noises like the zap of a laser and another for lower frequencies like the whir of a helicopter rotor, scientists have revealed. The first audio recordings on the Red Planet were obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover after it landed in February last year … Read more
NASA has announced plans to extend the hugely successful mission of its Mars Helicopter through to September. The Ingenuity rotorcraft, which is just 18 inches tall, was originally designed to fly five times on Mars but has just completed its 21st trip across the Red Planet. It made history in April 2021 when it completed the … Read more
NASA predicts it would take about 500 days for humans to reach the Red Planet, but Canadian engineers say a laser-based system could cut that journey to just 45 days. The US space agency is planning to send a crew to the Red Planet in the middle of the 2030s, around the same time China … Read more
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave an update on the highly-anticipated interplanetary Starship rocket which he aims to take to the Moon in 2025 and later Mars, during a press conference at his Starbase in Texas on Thursday. Musk, 50, told the crowd that he believes he could successfully launch the Starship spacecraft into orbit by the end of … Read more