Luna a Marte, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Nuevos Mundos con TESS

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Resultados de la revisión del concepto de arquitectura de la Primera Luna a Marte

La NASA ha publicado los resultados de la primera revisión de concepto de arquitectura de la agencia, un proceso de revisión para alinear la estrategia de exploración de la Luna a Marte de la NASA y codificar la arquitectura de apoyo. La arquitectura define los cohetes, naves espaciales, trajes espaciales, operaciones y otros elementos necesarios para apoyar las misiones humanas a la Luna y Marte. Aprender más acerca de nasa.gov/moontomarsarchitecture.

El helicóptero Ingenuity Mars de la NASA hizo historia cuando realizó el primer vuelo motorizado y controlado a otro planeta el 19 de abril de 2021. Poco menos de dos años después, el 13 de abril de 2023, realizó su vuelo número 50. Estos son algunos aspectos destacados de los viajes del helicóptero al Planeta Rojo. Crédito: NASA/[{» attribute=»»>JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes 50th Flight

April 19 marked the two-year anniversary of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter’s first flight on Mars. To date, it has completed 50 flights on the Red Planet, and reached a new altitude record of 59 feet. Ingenuity, a technology demonstration designed to prove powered, controlled flight on another planet was possible, was expected to make no more than five flights.

All-sky cylindrical (plate carrée) projection of TESS images. Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Ethan Kruse (University of Maryland College Park)

TESS Celebrates Fifth Year Scanning Sky for New Worlds

On April 18, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, celebrated five years in space. In that time, TESS has mapped more than 93% of the entire sky, discovered 329 new planets, and provided new insights into an array of cosmic phenomena, from stellar pulsations and exploding stars to supermassive black holes.

NASA Earth Day 2023 poster. Credit: NASA

NASA Celebrates Earth Day

On April 20 and 21, we hosted free Earth Day events at Union Station in Washington, D.C., with hands-on activities to illustrate the many ways NASA does Earth science. We also hosted a virtual Earth Day celebration with interactive online content and resources, including some available in Spanish. For more about NASA’s Earth Day activities, visit nasa.gov/earth-day-2023.

That’s what’s up this week @NASA.