Day: January 23, 2024

Sierra Space has successfully tested a full-scale version of an inflatable module it is developing for commercial space stations. The company announced Jan. 22 that it performed a burst test of a full-sized version of its Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) module on a test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, demonstrating that the …

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Everything appears to be fine for our Red Planet robots — NASA can talk to Ingenuity again. I held my breath for a moment on Jan. 18, when scientists announced they’d lost contact with the Perseverance Mars rover’s helicopter friend, Ingenuity. Ingenuity had been nearing completion of its 72nd flight — a liftoff far past …

NASA Restores Contact With Mars Helicopter Ingenuity After Communications Dropout On Latest Flight. Read More »