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NASA’s latest Mars rover has the same processor as an iMac from 1998 NASA’s brand-new Perseverance rover is the most advanced machine that’s ever landed on Mars. But when it comes to rovers, “state of the art” is a subjective term. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/3/2/22309412/nasa-perseverance-mars-rover-processor-cpu-imac-1998

The Morning After: NASA’s Perseverance begins its search for ancient life on Mars After launching in July 2020, NASA’s Perseverance touched down on Mars at around 3:55 PM ET yesterday, following a smooth descent to the surface. Perseverance's engineering cameras shared images from the landing site shortly after touchdown, which you can see here. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-lands-on-mars-124959650.html

A stowaway helicopter on NASA’s Mars rover will attempt the first flight on another world When NASA’s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, launches this week, the robot will have a tiny stowaway on board: a small box-shaped helicopter. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/29/21339544/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-perseverance-rover-flight-date

Pentagon officially releases UFO footage As if the world didn’t have enough to contend with at this point in time, we’ve now got another global challenge to add to the list: aliens. Well, maybe. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/pentagon-officially-releases-ufo-footage-101048644.html

NASA seeks Jupiter's secrets with historic spacecraft flyover  http://buff.ly/2sMGB97 " Every planet in our solar system is famous for something. Saturn has its rings, Mars has its soil, Uranus has that unfortunate name, and Jupiter has the Great Red Spot: a titanic storm that has been spinning for more than 350 years. Though we've peered at the distant gas giant's iconic feature since the 1830s, we still know little about its inner workings. That could change on Monday night, when the Juno spacecraft flies directly over the Great Red Spot for the first time in human history. " via Buffer

News6 reports “Monday mission scrubbed due to issue with pump CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA hopes to try again Wednesday morning to launch eight hurricane-monitoring satellites on a rocket dropped high over the Atlantic Ocean. A technical problem with the system that releases Orbital ATK’s Pegasus XL rocket from its carrier aircraft scrubbed Monday’s first attempt to launch the $157 million Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission, or CYGNSS, which will study the intensification of hurricanes, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.” . . . . . .   http://ift.tt/2hqtWTN