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Skyfall Mars helicopter fleet to scout future astronaut landing sites
Skyfall, a forward-looking Mars helicopter concept developed by AeroVironment (AV) in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), aims to support future human exploration of the Red Planet by 2028. The system features a fleet of six autonomous scout helicopters designed to explore potential astronaut landing zones.
Each rotorcraft would operate independently, capturing high- Curiosity Rovers Boxwork Campaign Reaches New Heights on Mount Sharp
Curiosity has made significant progress in its ongoing exploration of the intricate boxwork terrain along the slopes of Mount Sharp. The past several sols have brought the rover from the base of a steep ridge to a resting point within a nearby hollow, offering increasingly detailed views of these unique Martian formations. This marks a new phase in Curiosity's campaign to analyze the composition Mars glaciers are purer and more uniform than previously thought
On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.
Work over the last 20 years has demonstrated that at least some of these glaciers are mostly pure ice with only a thin cover of NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce
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European Vega C rocket ferries satellites into orbit
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Vega-C VV27
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Launch of Vega-C VV27 How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July
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Week in images: 21-25 July 2025
Week in images: 21-25 July 2025
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The future of construction on Earth is extraterrestrial
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Space Force general to oversee U.S. 'Golden Dome' missile shield
The U.S. Senate has approved Gen. Mike Guetlein to oversee President Donald Trump's national missile defense system, known as the Golden Dome.
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that Guetlein had cleared the final hurdle to leading the Office of Golden Dome for America, which will work with industry, higher education, national labs and other government agencies to develop the high-tech miss 
