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Perseverance and Ingenuity are nonetheless exhausting at work on Mars. The Ingenuity helicopter took its 54th flight this week, snapping this picture of the Perseverance rover from the air. Though Ingenuity normally takes off to behave as a scout for the rover, this flight was designed to check the spacecraft’s techniques after an surprising interruption to its earlier flight. Picture credit score: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Registration is open for Worldwide Observe the Moon Evening. Happening on Saturday, Oct. 21, this NASA-led occasion invitations individuals around the globe to plan public observing occasions, host lunar celebrations, or just observe the Moon on their very own. Register to add your event (or your self!) to NASA’s world map of lunar observers.

The primary crewed Starliner flight has been delayed. Boeing’s industrial crew car, which is designed to dock with the Worldwide Area Station, has had its first crewed flight postponed to no sooner than March 2024. The delay has been attributed to points with the spacecraft’s parachutes and wiring.