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Harry "Hap" McSween is Chancellor's Professor emeritus at UT. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 7:00 PM EDT April 28, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — University of Tennessee scientist and professor emeritus Harry "Hap" McSween has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes distinguished achievements in research. The nonprofit institution dates to the time of President Abraham Lincoln. The academy offers advice in the areas of science to the federal government. McSween is past chair of UT's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. He's also twice ...

Mars robot helicopter completes first rotor-powered flight on another world Early Monday morning, the small robotic helicopter Ingenuity became the first aircraft in human history to successfully make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) received data from the successful flight at 6:46 Eastern Time, demonstrating vast technical achievements and scientific possibilities by flying through the atmosphere of Mars. In this video captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the first powered...

Mars Exploration Fast Facts Here’s some background information about Mars exploration. The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. Facts There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix (2008), Curiosity (2012), InSight (2018) and Perseverance (2021). The only other country to land a spacecraft on Mars was the Soviet Union in 1971 and 1973. The United States, the Soviet Union, the European Space Agency and India have successfully sent spacecr...

Key things to know about NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Issued on: 19/04/2021 - 19:04 More than a month after Ingenuity reached Mars, NASA announced a surprise: wrapped around a cable under the helicopter's solar panel is a small swatch of fabric that was once part of the wing of the Wright brothers' 1903 flyer Handout NASA/JPL-CALTECH/AFP 4 min Washington (AFP) NASA has made history by successfully flying the mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, the first powered flight on another planet. Here are some key things to know. - Proof of concept - Th...

If you watched NASA’s exciting Mars Perseverance rover landing on Feb. 18, you definitely won’t want to miss the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus spring 2021 virtual Star Party on Friday, April 23. Jennifer Trosper, Mars 2020 deputy project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present “Perseverance on Mars – The First Two Months.” She will provide attendees with a mission update on Perseverance, which is currently seeking signs of ancient life and collecting samples of rock and soil for possible return to Earth. “The virtual Science Talks series continue...