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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Latest News: Psyche Nailed Its Mars Flyby — Next Stop: a Metal Asteroid

 
Latest News

May 19, 2026

Solar System
A slender, glowing crescent of Mars curves across the bottom of a completely black void, revealing its dusty reddish-orange surface and a thin, hazy blue atmospheric glow along the illuminated edge.
The successful flyby of Mars on May 15 provided the mission team with a valuable practice run ahead of the spacecraft’s arrival at the mysterious asteroid Psyche in 2029. Full Story and Images
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Day in Review: Perseverance Snaps a Selfie at the Edge of Jezero | NASA Tests a Space Processor 500x More Powerful Than Current Tech | The Mars Rock That Stopped Curiosity in Its Tracks

 
Day in Review

May 12, 2026

Mars
The head of a robotic rover looks toward the viewer, above a rocky outcrop in the foreground. The dusty, orange-red Martian surface stretches away toward the crater rim in the distance. The Sun seems to bloom in a hazy sky.
The agency’s six-wheeled geologist took a self-portrait during its survey of an ancient landscape that may predate the formation of Jezero Crater itself. Full Story, Video, and Image
The finger and thumb of a hand clad in a blue nitrile glove hold a teal-colored square semiconductor chip against a dark blue background. The chip has an intricate grid of hundreds of tiny silver solder bumps on its underside.

Technology

As part of a commercial partnership, the project is developing a sophisticated chip that will give spacecraft the processing capabilities to think for themselves. Read More
A close-up mosaic of a reddish-brown Martian rock nicknamed "Atacama," showing a circular drill hole on its surface. The rock sits on sandy, rocky terrain on Mars.

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Meet the Mars Rock That Jammed Curiosity's Drill


Engineers spent days shaking a 30-pound rock loose from the rover's drill bit. Once free, Curiosity turned its camera on the culprit for a closer look.


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Friday, May 8, 2026

Day in Review: NASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity Assist

 
Latest News

May 8, 2026

Mars
Against a vast black background, a small white crescent shape occupies the center of the image. The crescent is thickest at top and open on the bottom.
The spacecraft is using the Red Planet’s gravity to increase speed and tilt its trajectory on the journey to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Read More
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