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Lunar telescope could reveal the Dark Ages of the universe

Lunar telescope could reveal the Dark Ages of the universe CNN 2 hrs ago By Ashley Strickland, CNN © Vladimir Vustyansky/JPL/NASA This illustration shows the proposed Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the far side of the moon. Scientists want to build a radio telescope on the far side of the moon to help pull back the curtain on the mysteries surrounding the beginning of the universe. While not an official full-fledged NASA mission, the concept of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope, or LCRT, has been in development for years. The project recently received a $500,000 boost upon entering the second phase of NASA s Innovative Advanced Concepts program.

In a first, NASA extracts oxygen from the Red Planet

In a first, NASA extracts oxygen from the Red Planet - Advertisement - Perseverance, NASA’s new robot on the Red Planet, was successfully able to extract oxygen from the Martian atmosphere in its early attempts. The test was conducted on April 20th, using a small equipment aboard the Perseverance called Moxie which stands for Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment. Mars’ atmosphere constitutes primarily of 96% carbon dioxide and has a minuscule presence of 0.13% oxygen. The mission aims to extract oxygen from the planet itself to meet the demands of any future missions on Mars, instead of stocking oxygen from Earth to sustain the mission. Moxie functions to disintegrate oxygen molecules from carbon dioxide which is made of one carbon and two oxygen atoms to produce breathable oxygen. Carbon monoxide is the by-product that is released back into the Martian atmosphere.

NASA has captured the first-ever colour photo of Mars

With this third flight in the history books, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter team is looking ahead to planning its fourth flight in a few days time. On its first flight, Ingenuity spent roughly 40 seconds off the ground, hovering just about three metres, while the second test went hire, closer to five metres, spending approximately one minute in the air.  The biggest difficulty in flying on the Red Planet is the extremely thin atmosphere, which has just one per cent of the density here on Earth, making it hard for the Ingenuity to get off the ground.  Also, the distance from Earth to Mars puts remote control out of question, as it takes radio waves over 16 minutes to cover the distance between the two planets. Instead, Ingenuity takes its commands from the Perseverance rover, the mission’s main robot.

Perseverance Makes First-Ever Manufactured Oxygen on Mars

Perseverance Makes First-Ever Manufactured Oxygen on Mars Twitter 0 comments Although Mars is essentially humanity’s only option for a “Planet B” in this lifetime, it’s still quite a fixer-upper. One key breakthrough necessary for making the Red Planet reasonably hospitable, for example, is the ability to produce breathable oxygen from local atmosphere. That sounds very sci-fi, but as of April 20, 2021, it’s undeniable reality thanks to NASA’s Perseverance rover. Gizmodo reported on the breakthrough experiment Perseverance performed on the surface of Mars. It comes as another first for the Martian rover as it continues to execute its various testing functions. The rover’s been operational since its landing on February 18, and just prior to this experiment, it delivered video of the first-ever controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.

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