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Teams face an uphill battle for fastest rover in this year's NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge in Alabama. Julie Noce reports.
Le rover Persévérance de la NASA découvre les composants de la vie sur Mars
NASA announces that a third attempt to launch its new lunar rocket would not occur in the coming days, after a fuel leak caused a second launch attempt to be halted. The current launch period for the Artemis 1 mission "ends on Tuesday. We will not be launching in this launch period," says Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development at NASA. SOUNDBITE
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise, a Land Rover Defender 90 with a unique 007 livery made a winning one-off appearance in the Defender Bowler Challenge in Dolgellau, Wales, driven by Bond stunt driver and rally champion Mark Higgins.
NASA's Perseverance rover sends its first two images to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, shortly after landing on Mars. IMAGES
NASA said Thursday that the Perseverance rover has touched down on the surface of Mars after successfully overcoming a risky landing phase known as the "seven minutes of terror." "Touchdown confirmed," said operations lead Swati Mohan as mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory headquarters erupted in cheers. [COMPLETES VIDI93C2A4_EN] IMAGES