NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover captured its first high-definition Panoramic View of Landing site-Jezero Crater on Feb. 21. After rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees, allowing the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument to capture its first…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in…
UW Engineering Alum left Mark On Mars Mission
MADISON - Jim Willmore never talked much about his job at Qualcomm, the San Diego-based mobile communications chip maker where he worked for 21 years, most recently as senior director of engineering. So, it was…
Smallest Galaxies Bring More About Dark Matter to Light
Our universe is dominated by a mysterious matter known as dark matter. Its name comes from the fact that dark matter does not absorb, reflect or emit electromagnetic radiation, making it difficult to detect. Now,…
NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the foundational elements of the Gateway. As…