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NASA's Martian helicopter just keeps crushing its targets

Now nine flights deep into its extended mission, Ingenuity keeps pushing its limits – and keeps proving it has what it takes.

NASA's Martian helicopter just keeps crushing its targets
Games

Kerbal Space Program turns 10: inside the game's amazing evolution

The game with cute graphics and hardcore rocket physics is celebrating a decade of mindblowing space rocket fun and games.

Kerbal Space Program turns 10: inside the game's amazing evolution
Ideas

NASA is heading back to Venus

The new VERITAS and DAVINCI+ missions will map our vicious neighbour and test its atmospheric chemistry before the end of the decade.

NASA is heading back to Venus
Technology

Japan's lunar transformer is the cutest space mission yet

Japan sending a cute transforming ball bot to the moon, Have I Been Pwned going open source, a Google privacy mess and lots more.

Japan's lunar transformer is the cutest space mission yet
Politics

Most pirates just give up

Digital driver's licenses going great in NSW, while pirates get lazy in the modern era. Plus crypto, the end of Charlie on YouTube, and more.

Most pirates just give up
Security

The little helicopter that could

The ACCC lets rural presses work together against the tech giants, AFP tackles local scammers, the Martian helicopter rules, and loads more.

The little helicopter that could
Ideas

NASA Ingenuity first flight on Mars: nailed it!

It was a fine time of day for Australians to tune in for NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter flight experiment livestream. And they crushed it.

NASA Ingenuity first flight on Mars: nailed it!
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First flight for NASA Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, gets official date

The Ingenuity helicopter, strapped to the Mars Perseverance rover, has finally confirmed its first flight date on the red planet.

First flight for NASA Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, gets official date
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NASA and Space X agree to not smash each other's satellites

An agreement has been signed between NASA and Space X where the companies will share future satellite information to avoid crashes.

NASA and Space X agree to not smash each other's satellites
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Mars Perseverance Rover Powered by 1998 iMac Processor

The brains that power the Mars Perseverance Rover are actually very old, and used to live in those colourful iMacs, but why?

Mars Perseverance Rover Powered by 1998 iMac Processor
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Mars digger says farewell after clumpy sand kills mission

After two years of unsuccessfully attempting to dig into Mars' surface, one cute little probe tells us its story of failure.

Mars digger says farewell after clumpy sand kills mission
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NASA confirms the Moon has more water than than we thought

From supporting human habitation to being converted into rocket fuel, here's why that Moon water is such an exciting discovery.

NASA confirms the Moon has more water than than we thought