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NASA Advances Mars Exploration and Wing Design
NASA is making progress on both its Psyche mission, capturing images of the crescent-shaped Mars as it approaches for a gravity assist, and its wing design testing, which has shown promising results even when pushed beyond intended limits.
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Description This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. The series begins with the smallest crescent at the center of the of the image as Mars is farthest from the spa
2026-07-17 22:32 UTC
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NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even when they pushed it past its intended limits. The 15-
2026-07-17 23:08 UTC