Author: Evan Gough / Source: Universe Today NASA’s InSight lander is busy deploying its Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) into the Martian soil and has encountered some resistance. The German Aerospace Center (DLR), who designed and built the HP3 as part of the InSight mission, has

Author: Meghan Bartels / Source: Space.com (Image: © NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA has given up trying to make contact with its long-silent Opportunity rover on Mars, but the loss of the 15-year resident doesn’t spell the end of Mars rovers. Opportunity’s successor, the Curiosity rover, is still

Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is currently traveling closer to the sun than any other spacecraft before it. The probe is recording data on the star to help scientists learn more about the star and its volatile nature. Also this week, NASA released the

Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think The audio captured by the lander is of Martian winds blowing at an estimated 10 to 15 mph. It was taken by the InSight Mars lander, which is designed to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky planets, and possibly discover liquid

Source: Science News for Students “Touchdown confirmed. InSight is on the surface of Mars!” With that, spacecraft engineer Christine Szalai established that NASA’s newest lander had safely touched down on the Red Planet, November 26. Her report was part of a live broadcast. It came from mission