Mars Rotors Push Past Sonic Limits in Ground Tests

How did NASA test new Mars helicopter blades? New rotors reached Mach 1.08 to help future missions carry more weight and fly further on the Red Planet.

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https://newsletter.tf/nasa-mars-helicopter-blade-tests-march-2026/

NASA engineers successfully spun new rotor blades at Mach 1.08 in a simulator. This is faster than the Ingenuity helicopter, which never broke the sound barrier.

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https://newsletter.tf/nasa-mars-helicopter-blade-tests-march-2026/

Countering missile threats ‘left of launch’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/countering-missile-threats-left-of-launch/

Quantum’s promise for near and long-term space applications

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/quantums-promise-for-near-and-long-term-space-applications/

NASA will stream a news briefing on Monday, July 21, at 12 noon EDT with a preview of the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) mission.

The Earth-observing satellite, a collaboration between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), carries an advanced radar system that will view Earth in unprecedented detail and detect the movement of land and ice surfaces down to the centimeter.

Launch is targeted for no earlier than late July.

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https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-to-preview-advanced-us-india-radar-mission-ahead-of-launch/

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Rocket Lab asks NASA to open up MSR to commercial competition

https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-asks-nasa-to-open-up-msr-to-commercial-competition/ via @SpaceNews_Inc

🙋‍♀️ Sabrina López, María Nanton y José Luis Villca Villegas compartieron nuestro trabajo en #ALTaCA de manera virtual en la Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) 🇨🇴, en el primero de una serie de dos encuentros del programa #NASATOPS junto al NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory #NASAJPL

📄✨ La presentación está disponible en: https://zenodo.org/records/14223665

🚀 🛰️ Décollage parfaitement réussi pour la mission Europa Clipper !
La sonde de 6 tonnes s'est séparée du dernier étage de la Falcon Heavy et se dirige vers Jupiter, arrivée prévue en avril 2030 après un passage par Mars pour une assistance gravitationnelle.

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