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Danger signs were present before Palos Verdes landslide destroyed homes, new study finds
5 months, 1 week ago

Danger signs were present before Palos Verdes landslide destroyed homes, new study finds

LA Times  

Homes in Rolling Hills Estates continued to slide downhill months after a hillside below them gave way in 2023. “Our findings provide further evidence that satellite remote sensing data can contribute to landslide early warning systems and can also be used to better understand the impacts of climate change on landslide hazards.” An animation showing the land movement at Peartree …

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Column: From LAUSD student all the way to JPL and to Mars
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: From LAUSD student all the way to JPL and to Mars

LA Times  

You may have seen the story about the Psyche mission, in which NASA is preparing to launch a spacecraft that will travel to an asteroid in search of information that might unlock some of the mysteries of the universe. This is pretty cool.” In the fall of 2007, Dominguez was assigned as a part-time student intern to JPL engineer David …

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Ingenuity aces seventh flight as engineers push for operations phase post-mid-air glitch on Mars
3 years, 6 months ago

Ingenuity aces seventh flight as engineers push for operations phase post-mid-air glitch on Mars

India Today  

Weeks after suffering a mid-air glitch on the way to its new landing ground, the Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars successfully completed its seventh flight. During the seventh flight, the rotorcraft landed on a new landing ground, an area that was previously not surveyed by the craft or the Perseverance rover. The rotorcraft logged a 62.8 seconds flight time as it …

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Mars Ingenuity helicopter begins ops phase next week, will fly to new airfield during sixth flight
3 years, 7 months ago

Mars Ingenuity helicopter begins ops phase next week, will fly to new airfield during sixth flight

India Today  

After successfully completing five flights in an inhospitable Martian environment, the Ingenuity helicopter is all set for its sixth liftoff. According to Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which has designed the Mars helicopter, the flight plan begins with the helicopter lifting off to 10 meters, heading southwest for about 150 meters. The Ingenuity helicopter earlier completed its fifth flight on Mars with …

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Could humans have contaminated Mars with life?
3 years, 7 months ago

Could humans have contaminated Mars with life?

BBC  

Could humans have contaminated Mars with life? NASA/JPL-Caltech Nasa's most recent rover to Mars, Perseverance – along with its pint-sized helicopter – could have carried some microbial hitchhikers along for the ride Humanity has sent around 30 spacecraft and landers to the Red Planet since the space age began. Clean rooms might serve as an evolutionary selection process for the …

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NASA's Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA's Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

India Today  

NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet. I don’t think I can ever stop watching it over and over again.” Flight controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California declared success after receiving the data and images via …

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NASA's Mars helicopter mission next month may pave the way for interplanetary flight
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA's Mars helicopter mission next month may pave the way for interplanetary flight

Hindustan Times  

NASA engineers plan to send a miniature helicopter whirring just above the surface of Mars next month in an interplanetary aviation experiment that, if successful, would mark the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another celestial body. The U.S. space agency is comparing the Martian debut of its 4-lb solar-powered whirlybird, dubbed Ingenuity, with the Wright Brothers' first …

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