Our Perseverance rover is less than two months away from landing on the surface of Mars! When the rover lands, it has a hefty to-do list that will help us with our search for signs of ancient life, which includes finding favorable rocks, drilling, collecting, and storing. Hundreds of mission critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land on Mars safely including Entry, Descent, and Landing, or "EDL,” which begins when the spacecraft reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere, traveling nearly 12,500 mph.

🗓️Perseverance Arrives at Mars: Feb. 18, 2021

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Successful landing of the American Starship spacecraft.


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Boom! NASA's spacecraft "hit" an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft collided with an asteroid at a very high speed during training operations on Monday. This operation was carried out in completely realistic conditions and with the aim of preparing for the day when the heavenly bodies will collide with the earth.

In this space encounter, the Dart spacecraft hit an asteroid at a distance of 11.3 km from the earth at a speed of 22,500 kbm/h. Scientists expected that this collision would create a hole in the asteroid, scatter many rocks and soil in space, and most importantly, distort the orbit of the asteroid.

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The solar unmanned spacecraft landed after 908 days of flight

This US military solar space plane landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center early Saturday. The previous mission of this spacecraft lasted 780 days.

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