Watch NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover launch live
NASA is set to launch its newest rover to Mars later this morning. The liftoff is set for 7:50 AM EDT (4:50 AM PDT), with a broadcast beginning at 7:00… »
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China’s first Mars rover is en route to the Red Planet after successful launch of Tianwen-1
China successfully launched a combination Mars orbiter and rover early this morning, using a Long March 5 rocket that took off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island at… »
Workforce training app developer Poka adds strategic investor Schneider Electric
Poka, a workforce training app and software service for industrial companies, has added SE Ventures, the venture capital arm of the European energy and automation conglomerate Schneider Electric to its… »
Amazon cancels re:MARS 2020 event amid COVID-19 outbreak
Amazon has canceled re:MARS 2020, an annual AI event that focuses on machine learning, automation, robotics and space, over concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled to be… »
The man behind Bezos’ next lunar guidance system talks future tech
Draper, the MIT spin-off engineering lab, is famed for developing the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (not Draper Esprit, I hasten to add). Ken Gabriel, President and CEO, also recently made… »
Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service
Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s… »
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds levels of gas on Mars that could suggest possibility of life
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected high levels of methane output during its mission on the Martian surface, the New York Times reports. The discovery, found during a measurement taking on… »
Opportunity’s last Mars panorama is a showstopper
The Opportunity Mars Rover may be officially offline for good, but its legacy of science and imagery is ongoing — and NASA just shared the last (nearly) complete panorama the… »
Nasa’s Mars lander sends back first pictures from red planet
InSight probe reveals desolate landscape as dust settles after its arrival on Martian surface This is the view across Elysium Planitia, the vast lava plain near the equator of Mars,… »
Mars Lander InSight sends the first of many selfies after a successful touchdown
Last night’s 10 minutes of terror as the InSight Mars Lander descended to the Martian surface at 12,300 MPH were a nail-biter for sure, but now the robotic science platform… »
NASA chooses the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission
Five years and sixty potential locations later, NASA has chosen the Jezero Crater as the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission. Slated to launch in July the Mars 2020 rover… »
Labour queries why MP used unsecured account for classified government business A personal email account belonging to Liam Fox, the former trade minister, was repeatedly hacked into by Russians who… »
How and when should startup founders think about the “exit”? It’s the perennial question in tech entrepreneurialism, but the how’s and when’s are questions to which there are a multitude… »
