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The lesson of a little helicopter on Mars | Editorial A short flight reminds us all of what is possible on Mars ... and on Earth.     This image from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Martian surface. [ NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU ] This article represents the opinion of the Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board. Published Earlier today Updated 2 hours ago The little helicopter weighs only 4 pounds, and its first flight lasted a mere 30 seconds and reached an altitude of only 10 feet. But it did so on Mars. Stop and wonder about that for a moment...

AVweb In the early days of the space program, a famous quote was attributed to multiple astronauts, but Alan Shepard’s version was the most succinct. When he was asked what he was thinking about sitting atop the fueled Redstone rocket, he replied, “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder.” The astronaut candidates primed for the next Moon mission—aspirationally planned for 2024—must be thinking the same thing now that SpaceX has been awarded the lowest-bid contract to develop the next lunar lander. They must also be eyeing ...

51 years later, Apollo 13 astronauts reflect on historic mission ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem.’ Rose-Ann Aragon, Reporter Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – On April 11, 1970, three astronauts and a team here on Earth dared to attempt what was expected to be the third moon landing. However, just shy of 56 hours into the mission, the crew experienced a problem that would turn into a full-fledged effort to get the crew back to Earth alive. In Houston, Mission Control was led by four flight directions: Eugene ‘Gene’ Kranz (lead), Glynn Lunney, Gerald ‘Gerry’ Griffin & Milton ‘Milt�...

Falling astronauts. 14 April 2021 There is a surprising amount of art on the moon. There's a whole museum, allegedly - although it's very hard to confirm it's really up there. Who's going to check? You? Me? The Moon Museum is pretty small as museums go - it's a piece of ceramic wafer, 19 by 13mm in size. It contains tiny images from six artists, and it's attached - allegedly - to the Apollo 12 Lunar Module, Intrepid. That means it's been up there and open to visitors since November 1969. Nice museum! What about sculpture? There's some sculpture on the moon too. ...

Three companies are working on the vehicle that will return Americans to the lunar surface, SpaceX, Dynetics and a team led by Blue Origin. The companies that receive funding later in April will continue to develop an HLS in a project that is similar to the successful Commercial Crew program. The lunar landers will be owned and operated by the companies developing them, just as the Crewed Dragon is owned and operated by SpaceX and the upcoming Starliner by Boeing. Johnson, who currently chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, believes that the commercial approach is not t...