The development of China’s Moon-landing spacesuit Wangyu, meaning “gazing into the cosmos,” is progressing smoothly, with dozens of key technologies now in place, said Zhang Wanxin, an expert at the Astronaut Center of China, at an aerospace medical engineering conference in Tianjin. Since suit development began in 2020, efforts on Wangyu have focused on meeting […]

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is examining wind-formed, long, narrow, large ripples, even performing a wheel scuff on top of an undisturbed ripple. Over the past several weeks, and after some 14 years exploring Gale Crater/Mt. Sharp, the Mars machinery has gained one kilometer of elevation since landing. Here are some recently taken images of its […]