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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spots Turtle-Shaped Rock in Mars’ Jezero Crater
Perseverance rover snaps turtle-shaped rock in Jezero Crater, a geologic oddity shaped by erosion and human pareidolia. The picture was snapped on Sol 1,610, August 31, 2025, at Jezero Crater, by the rover's Sherloc and Watson instruments, fitted to its robotic arm, which capture visible and ultraviolet images of rock surfaces.
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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Spots Rock That Looks Strikingly Like Turtle
The image was acquired by the SHERLOC WATSON camera fitted on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Athena Lander, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer to Moon
On February 26, 2025, SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Athena and NASA's Lunar Trailblazer from Kennedy Space Center. Athena, developed by Intuitive Machines, will land near Mons Mouton to investigate lunar ice using the PRIME-1 drill. Lunar Trailblazer will orbit the Moon, mapping water ice deposits. The mission includes two secondary vehicles: MAPP, a ro...
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NASA’s IM-2 Mission Brings Ice Mining, Mobile Robots, and More on Moon
NASA is launching IM-2, the second lunar mission under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, to explore the Moon’s South Pole. The Nova-C lander, built by Intuitive Machines, will carry groundbreaking technologies, including an ice-mining drill, a mobile hopping drone, and a lunar 4G network. These innovations will help scienti...
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UCLA Unveils SPLITTER, a Tethered Jumping Robot for Space Exploration
Researchers at UCLA’s RoMeLa lab have developed SPLITTER, a robotic system designed for planetary exploration through tethered jumping. The system consists of two quadrupedal robots connected by a tether, allowing efficient movement in low-gravity environments like the Moon and asteroids. Unlike traditional rovers, SPLITTER’s design enables sta...
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Bristol's System Could Revolutionise Lunar Exploration with Remote Rover Control
The University of Bristol has developed a teleoperation system enabling remote control of lunar rovers, potentially revolutionising how lunar missions are conducted. The system bypasses signal delays, enabling precise sample collection and assembly tasks. Haptic feedback simulates lunar conditions, giving operators a realistic sense of touch when p...
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Alien Landscape? Mars Reveals A Formation That Looks Like A Human Face
Mars, Earth's closest neighbor, has long captivated human imagination with the possibility of extraterrestrial life just a short rocket journey away.
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Send Your Name To The Moon, Via NASA's 1st Ever Robotic Lunar Rover VIPER
US space agency NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard its first robotic lunar rover VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover).
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Alien Sunset On Mars: Perseverance Rover Captures Stunning Image
This image illustrates that sunlight interacts with the atmosphere in significantly distinct ways on both planets.
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Watch: First Selfie By Lander On Moon Shows Rover Pragyan Rolling Out
The moment that a billion Indians had been waiting for with bated breath finally arrived as the Indian Space Research Organisation sharing the first selfies from the moon's surface of India's robots Vikram and Pragyan.
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China Plans To Land Astronauts On Moon Before 2030: Officials
The Tiangong is the crown jewel of China's programme, which has also seen it land robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon and made it the third country to put humans in orbit.
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China's Zhurong Mars Rover Finds Traces Of Recent Water Activity On Red Planet
China's fully robotic rover on Mars has, for the first time, found traces of recent water activity on the Red Planet, indicating that Mars has a few areas where conditions are suitable for life to exist.
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China Breaks Silence Over Status Of Stationary Mars Rover Zhurong
China's fully robotic rover on Mars, in longer-than-expected hibernation since May 2022, likely met with excessive accumulation of sand and dust, its mission designer said, breaking months of silence about the status of the vehicle.
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300 College Students Plan To Land A Shoebox-Sized Rover On Moon
The US was the first and only country to put humans on the moon, but NASA has been noticeably absent from the international competition to put robots there.
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ESA Officially Cuts Mars Mission Ties With Russia, Moscow Responds Angrily
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on ExoMars mission to put a rover on Mars. Russia's space chief has furiously responded by banning cosmonauts on the ISS from using ERA.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spots Turtle-Shaped Rock in Mars’ Jezero Crater
Perseverance rover snaps turtle-shaped rock in Jezero Crater, a geologic oddity shaped by erosion and human pareidolia. The picture was snapped on Sol 1,610, August 31, 2025, at Jezero Crater, by the rover's Sherloc and Watson instruments, fitted to its robotic arm, which capture visible and ultraviolet images of rock surfaces.
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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Spots Rock That Looks Strikingly Like Turtle
The image was acquired by the SHERLOC WATSON camera fitted on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Athena Lander, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer to Moon
On February 26, 2025, SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Athena and NASA's Lunar Trailblazer from Kennedy Space Center. Athena, developed by Intuitive Machines, will land near Mons Mouton to investigate lunar ice using the PRIME-1 drill. Lunar Trailblazer will orbit the Moon, mapping water ice deposits. The mission includes two secondary vehicles: MAPP, a ro...
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NASA’s IM-2 Mission Brings Ice Mining, Mobile Robots, and More on Moon
NASA is launching IM-2, the second lunar mission under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, to explore the Moon’s South Pole. The Nova-C lander, built by Intuitive Machines, will carry groundbreaking technologies, including an ice-mining drill, a mobile hopping drone, and a lunar 4G network. These innovations will help scienti...
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UCLA Unveils SPLITTER, a Tethered Jumping Robot for Space Exploration
Researchers at UCLA’s RoMeLa lab have developed SPLITTER, a robotic system designed for planetary exploration through tethered jumping. The system consists of two quadrupedal robots connected by a tether, allowing efficient movement in low-gravity environments like the Moon and asteroids. Unlike traditional rovers, SPLITTER’s design enables sta...
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Bristol's System Could Revolutionise Lunar Exploration with Remote Rover Control
The University of Bristol has developed a teleoperation system enabling remote control of lunar rovers, potentially revolutionising how lunar missions are conducted. The system bypasses signal delays, enabling precise sample collection and assembly tasks. Haptic feedback simulates lunar conditions, giving operators a realistic sense of touch when p...
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Alien Landscape? Mars Reveals A Formation That Looks Like A Human Face
Mars, Earth's closest neighbor, has long captivated human imagination with the possibility of extraterrestrial life just a short rocket journey away.
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Send Your Name To The Moon, Via NASA's 1st Ever Robotic Lunar Rover VIPER
US space agency NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard its first robotic lunar rover VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover).
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Alien Sunset On Mars: Perseverance Rover Captures Stunning Image
This image illustrates that sunlight interacts with the atmosphere in significantly distinct ways on both planets.
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Watch: First Selfie By Lander On Moon Shows Rover Pragyan Rolling Out
The moment that a billion Indians had been waiting for with bated breath finally arrived as the Indian Space Research Organisation sharing the first selfies from the moon's surface of India's robots Vikram and Pragyan.
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China Plans To Land Astronauts On Moon Before 2030: Officials
The Tiangong is the crown jewel of China's programme, which has also seen it land robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon and made it the third country to put humans in orbit.
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China's Zhurong Mars Rover Finds Traces Of Recent Water Activity On Red Planet
China's fully robotic rover on Mars has, for the first time, found traces of recent water activity on the Red Planet, indicating that Mars has a few areas where conditions are suitable for life to exist.
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China Breaks Silence Over Status Of Stationary Mars Rover Zhurong
China's fully robotic rover on Mars, in longer-than-expected hibernation since May 2022, likely met with excessive accumulation of sand and dust, its mission designer said, breaking months of silence about the status of the vehicle.
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300 College Students Plan To Land A Shoebox-Sized Rover On Moon
The US was the first and only country to put humans on the moon, but NASA has been noticeably absent from the international competition to put robots there.
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ESA Officially Cuts Mars Mission Ties With Russia, Moscow Responds Angrily
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on ExoMars mission to put a rover on Mars. Russia's space chief has furiously responded by banning cosmonauts on the ISS from using ERA.
