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2021-04-01 17:32:03 Mars Helicopter Prepares for Takeoff

Beginning April 2021, the window opens for the first flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. It will be history’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity arrived at Mars on February 18, 2021, riding along with NASA’s Perseverance rover. The duration of Ingenuity’s mission is 30 days, where one or more test flights will be attempted.

As a technology demonstration, Ingenuity is testing a new capability for the first time: showing controlled flight is possible in the very thin Martian atmosphere. If successful, Ingenuity could lead to an aerial dimension to space exploration, aiding both robots and humans in the future.

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2021-03-31 10:01:18 Scientists Discover a Hidden Law Behind The Pointy Bits on All Living Things
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2021-03-30 17:31:52 SpaceX loses another Starship prototype as landing sequence fails
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2021-03-30 10:01:26 We Finally Know Why Cold Makes Our Teeth Hurt - And How to Stop It
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2021-03-29 18:02:03 An Earth Impact From a Notorious Asteroid Was Just Ruled Out by Astronomers
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2021-03-29 15:02:03 NASA’s Future Telescopes Will Float at the Edge of Space

NASA wants a new type of space telescope. A team of scientists and engineers at NASA are developing ways to send ultra cold and ultra large balloon telescopes to the edge of space, which could open up a brand new way of seeing the cosmos.

You can do more science in a single balloon flight than you could do from years and years of observing from any of these existing observatories. You can take technology risks on a balloon that would never be able to take on a space mission. So, you can do all kinds of crazy things.

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2021-03-29 10:01:14 A Telescope Sunk Into World's Deepest Lake Has Started The Hunt For 'Ghost Particles'
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2021-03-28 23:02:17 A spacesuit floated away from the International Space Station 15 years ago, but no investigation was conducted.

Everyone knew that it was pushed by the space station crew. Dubbed Suitsat-1, the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with old clothes was fitted with a faint radio transmitter and released to orbit the Earth. The suit circled the Earth twice before its radio signal became unexpectedly weak. Suitsat-1 continued to orbit every 90 minutes until it burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after a few weeks. Pictured, the lifeless spacesuit was photographed in 2006 just as it drifted away from space station.

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2021-03-28 21:08:23 Are Artificial Sweeteners Healthier Than Sugar or No? Here's What Experts Think
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2021-03-28 11:01:20 Distributing Energy on The Moon Could Just Be a Matter of Bending Sunlight
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