Lego is gearing up to deliver a detailed model of the original “rock and rolling ride,” the electric buggy driven by NASA’s last three Apollo crews to explore the moon. The new Lego Technic “NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle – LRV” set will roll into Lego stores on Aug. 1. “Embark on a journey to […]
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Chinese Moon Lander Appears to Be Carrying Secret Lunar Rover
Mini Surprise China is set to become the first country to ever return samples from the far side of the Moon. Apart from collecting rocks and dust, the mission — dubbed Chang’e-6 — is carrying an even more interesting piece of equipment: a previously undisclosed lunar rover, SpaceNews reports. Eagle-eyed space reporter Andrew Jones spotted what […]
Jack Grealish landed with £1,042 bill after admitting speeding in Range Rover
England midfielder Jack Grealish has been fined £666 (€774) and handed five penalty points after being caught speeding at 44mph in a 30mph zone. Grealish did not attend a four-minute hearing at Worcester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, but pleaded guilty through his lawyer. The 28-year-old, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire, was also ordered to pay £110 […]
Operation ‘Red Rover’ catches 8 online child predators in Georgia, officials say
An operation targeting people engaging in the enticement of children for sexual purposes led to eight arrests in Georgia. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Operation Red Rover was an investigation targeting online child predators. In Feb. 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia, indicted eight Georgia […]
Mars Loaded With Mineral Closely Associated With Life, NASA Rover Finds
Oxidation Fascination NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has discovered rocky material that’s riddled with an unusual amount of manganese, a mineral that’s abundant in lakes found back on Earth and closely associated with microbial life. It’s yet another piece of a much larger puzzle, increasingly suggesting that Mars’ Gale Crater, which scientists suspect to be an ancient […]
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NASA’s Viper moon rover gets its ‘neck’ and ‘head’ installed for mission later this year
NASA”s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) has earned its “neck” and “head,” aka its “mast,” meaning it now stands proudly at 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall. The photo below, taken in a clean room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center earlier this month, shows progress on quite the impressive robot. It is expected to take […]
Curiosity rover may be ‘burping’ methane out of Mars’ subsurface
Since 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has repeatedly detected methane on Mars, specifically near its landing site inside the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale Crater. But that Mars methane is behaving erratically. It only appears at night, it fluctuates seasonally and it spikes unexpectedly to levels 40 times higher than usual. To make things more puzzling, the […]
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Japanese astronauts will join NASA moon landings in return for lunar rover
The first non-American to walk on the moon will be a Japanese astronaut, based on a new agreement between the United States and Japan. U.S. President Joe Biden announced the goal during a state visit by Japan’s prime minister, Kishida Fumio, on Wednesday (April 10). “The science and education ties between Japan and the United […]
Move over, Rover. Foxes were once humans’ best friends
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. In an ancient grave in what’s now northwestern Argentina, a person was buried with a canine companion — but this animal friend wasn’t a dog, according to new research. The burial held the skeleton of a […]
Astrobotic to launch mini rover along with NASA’s ice-hunting VIPER on next moon mission
COLORADO SPRINGS — Astrobotic’s next moon mission will send not one but two rovers to Earth’s nearest neighbor. The Pittsburgh-based company plans to launch the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year. Griffin’s main job is to deliver NASA’s ice-hunting VIPER rover to the lunar south […]