Zhurong Mars rover returns panorama ahead of planetary blackout

Zhurong Mars rover returns panorama ahead of planetary blackout | Astronauts spot Hurricane Larry from space (photos) | Perseverance rover seals up 1st Mars sample for future return to Earth Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version September 7, 2021 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE The Launchpad Zhurong Mars rover returns panorama ahead of planetary blackout (CNSA) China's Mars rover Zhurong has produced a remarkable new panorama of its surroundings in Utopia Planitia to mark 100 days of activity on the Red Planet as preparations continue for the rover to spend more than a month in safe mode this autumn. Full Story: Space (9/5)      Astronauts spot Hurricane Larry from space (photos) As Hurricane Larry churned through the Atlantic Ocean this weekend, astronauts at the International Space Station kept a watchful eye on the storm from space. "From our viewpoint on @Space_Station, it looks much larger than Ida," NASA astronaut Megan McArthur tweeted Tuesday (Sept. 7) from the orbiting laboratory. Full Story: Space (9/7)      Spaceflight Perseverance rover seals up 1st Mars sample for future return to Earth (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) It's official: NASA's Perseverance rover has collected its first-ever Mars sample. The car-sized rover sealed a titanium tube containing a drilled-out core of a Red Planet rock on Monday (Sept. 6), marking a big milestone for its ambitious mission. If all goes according to plan, Perseverance will collect several dozen more such samples, all of which will be hauled to Earth for analysis a decade or so from now. Full Story: Space (9/7)      Labor Day 2021 in space: Astronauts take a half-day off from science duties NASA astronauts at the International Space Station enjoyed a half-day off from work on Labor Day (Sept. 5). While most federal workers across the U.S. are enjoying the national holiday off, the three NASA astronauts at the orbiting laboratory — Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur — had a few science tasks on their schedules, Dan Huot, a NASA spokesperson with the Johnson Space Center in Houston, told Space.com. Full Story: Space (9/6)      Science & Astronomy World's largest Martian meteorite goes on display (Maine Mineral and Gem Museum) The largest piece of Mars ever to fall to Earth is being displayed for the first time. The hefty chunk of Mars weighs 32 pounds (14.5 kilograms) and measures 10 inches (25 centimeters) across at its widest point. It was unveiled Wednesday (Sept. 1) at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel, which also houses approximately 6,000 extraterrestrial rocks, including the largest piece of moon rock and the oldest igneous rock, formed from volcanic activity, in the solar system. Full Story: Space (9/3)      Stunning image shows dark tendrils masking giant galaxy near Earth Scientists have captured a stunning new image of a massive galaxy ringed by dust filaments. In the image, Centaurus A, which is located more than 12 million light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation Centaurus (the centaur), ripples across space. The galaxy, which was first identified in 1826, is among the best studied in the southern sky because it is so bright and relatively close to Earth. Full Story: Space (9/5)      Dense 'hot spots' on a young star reveal what Earth's sun may have looked in its infancy Astronomers may have captured the best view yet of matter colliding with the surface of a young star, findings that may shed light on what the sun looked like in its youth. Full Story: Space (9/3)      Technology Astronauts in space will soon resurrect an AI robot friend called CIMON (Airbus) An AI-powered robot with a digital face is ready for a new mission on the International Space Station. The robot, called CIMON-2 (it's short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion) worked alongside two European astronauts on past missions to the station in recent years and just got a software upgrade that will enable it to perform more complex tasks with a new human crewmate later this year. Full Story: Space (9/7)      Nanoracks' spinoff aims to bring food production to Earth's deserts and orbital space High-tech solar greenhouses inspired by technology developed for missions to the moon and Mars could soon grow food in Arabian deserts and in Earth orbit, according to the space services company Nanoracks. Full Story: Space (9/7)      NASA starts testing electric air taxi for 1st time NASA has started testing a future air taxi that might soon be flying cargo and passengers in busy cities, helping to ease annoying traffic jams. The all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, designed by California startup Joby Aviation, is a helicopter powered by six rotors. It was designed to be as quiet as possible in order to fit into busy city life without disturbing residents. Full Story: Space (9/3)      Skywatching The 'megacomet' Bernardinelli-Bernstein is the find of a decade. Here's the discovery explained. (Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) Even Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein admit they're an unlikely pair of scientists to end up with a record-breaking comet named in their honor. Scientists briefly estimated that Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, as it's now known, was the largest such icy body identified to date, perhaps more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) across. Additional observations have cast that into doubt, but given the "megacomet" a new distinction: it sprouted a tail remarkably far from the sun, suggesting more revelations to come. All told, the object offers astronomers an unprecedented opportunity to watch the antics of a comet. Full Story: Space (9/7)      Summer night sidelights: The stars to look for in the evening sky In this week's Night Sky column, we provide a potpourri of factoids concerning some of the more prominent objects appearing in the summertime sky. Full Story: Space (9/4)      Entertainment 'Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space,' a docuseries on SpaceX's 1st all-civilian spaceflight, launches on Netflix (Inspiration4) The private Inspiration4 astronauts set to fly on SpaceX's first all-civilian spaceflight this month launched into the limelight Monday (Sept. 6) with a new Netflix documentary series. Full Story: Space (9/6)      Halo Infinite battle pass progression will be tied to challenges and not match XP Big changes are coming to the Halo Infinite multiplayer game mode despite predictably having a battle pass — a feature that many, many other online games now have. Full Story: Space (9/4)      Star Wars These 'Star Wars' blueprint covers strip down bounty hunter spaceships in Marvel's 'War of the Bounty Hunters' crossover (Marvel Comics) When it comes to curiosity's sake, there's no beating an intimate look under the hood of exotic vehicles and spaceships that inhabit the "Star Wars" universe. Technical sheets and cutaway posters showing the innards of ground combat vehicles, starfighters, battleships, and freighters reveal the geeky details we love to absorb to bolster our relationship with the historic franchise. Full Story: Space (9/4)      Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE © Future US, Inc. 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004