This new image of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on the surface of Mars shows some dust already deposited on its solar panel. Checkouts are planned this week before its first test flight no earlier than Sunday.
Mike Menzel, NASA’s Webb mission systems engineer, with a big statement on JWST fuel life:
"Roughly speaking, it’s around 20 years.”
It’s the first time the Webb team confirmed the mission might reach its “best-case” fuel life, double the conservative pre-launch estimate.
Jared Isaacman is President-elect Trump's choice for the next NASA administrator, per a post on Trump's Truth Social account. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…
SpaceX's flight-proven Super Heavy booster looks remarkably clean, apart from some metal stripped away from a chine. No soot or any obvious signs of burns. I'm curious what the engine bay looks like.
The exact launch mass of the James Webb Space Telescope: 6161.4 kilograms.
That figure includes 167.5 kg of hydrazine and 132.5 kg of dinitrogen tetroxide for the propulsion system. (1/6)
Numerous lightning strikes over the Atlantic tonight. This one lit up Inspiration4’s Falcon 9 rocket moments ago. Watch live views from Kennedy Space Center: youtu.be/qyG1p3X1l74
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 share the scene this morning at Cape Canaveral National Seashore — the first time since 2009 that both pads at Launch Complex 39 have been occupied by rockets.
