The face of the Perseverance landing was an Indian American woman

It was Swati Mohan who first delivered the news to earthlings that NASA's Perseverance rover had successfully landed on Mars. 

"Touchdown confirmed," she announced to roaring applause from mission control at NASA

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Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars

The Ingenuity helicopter, sidekick and traveling companion of NASA's Perseverance rover, has checked in with a good report and is "operating as expected," according to the agency. If successful, Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to fly on another planet,

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NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

NASA has unveiled the first pictures from its fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, after a successful landing on the red planet's Jezero crater at approximately 3:55 p.m. Thursday. "This landing is one of those pivotal moments for NASA, the United States, 

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Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars, a key step in NASA’s search for signs of life

NASA’s newest robotic explorer has landed safely on Mars after a nearly 300-million-mile journey that began on a Florida launch pad. The agency’s Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet at 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday, bringing 

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Christmas Moon: Winter Solstice Edition

Will you stay up to watch a red moon? No it's not some freaky holiday movie, but rather a lunar eclipse.

Monday night sky gazers in North and Central America will be graced with the best seats in the house to watch the only lunar eclipse of the year. The lunar eclipse, in a beautiful twist for the holidays, coincides with the Winter Solstice to add just a bit more magic to the week leading up to Christmas. Those gazing from South America will see most of it while those in Europe will only catch the start, and those in Asia will be able to tune in for the end. But the best place to watch it will be on the West Coast of America at 11:41 p.m. PST Monday/2:41 a.m. EST Tuesday (NewsFeed is nothing if not precise). The total eclipse will last for approximately an hour.

Due to the amount of recent volcanic eruptions across the globe spewing up tonnes of dust into the atmosphere, scientists believe that instead of the usual orange/yellow tinge, the moon will adopt a red or brown appearance. A lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon, which is normally illuminated by the Sun, passes through the shadow of the Earth, which blocks the Sun's light from bouncing off the moon. The moon is thus illuminated with the little light which is reflected off the Earth and appears as a ghostly hue in the night sky.

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Winter Solstice

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First Close-up Photos

NASA spacecraft has beamed back the first close-up photos from its rendezvous with a comet — and the images show an ice ball that looks like a giant chicken drumstick, or perhaps a peanut or bowling pin.

Deep Impact zoomed to within 435 miles (700 kilometers) of Comet Hartley 2 at 10:01 EDT (1401 GMT) this morning (Nov. 4), and the probe beamed down its first close-up shots an hour later. [First close-up photos of Comet Hartley 2.]

Cheers erupted in the Mission Control room of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as five high-resolution images flashed up on a big screen. In the photos, the comet, which is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, looks like a big chicken drumstick, or a peanut. [Another photo of Comet Hartley 2.]

The five photos bracket the time of closest approach. Deep Impact took thousands of images during the flyby, and these pictures will continue to flood researchers' computers in the hours and days to come, researchers have said.

(source:foxnews.com)