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Final flight of NASA’s remarkable Mars helicopter ends with rotor damage

NASA's twin-rotor Ingenuity helicopter was designed for five missions over Mars. It lasted for 72 before a frayed rotor blade grounded the machine. Credit NASA

Rotor damage suffered during a routine Jan. 18 flight grounded the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, after three years exceeding expectations and setting milestones for powered flight on another planet alongside the Perseverance rover, ending the aircraft’s remarkable mission, NASA announced Thursday.

Quilty Space 2023 Q4 Transaction Update

In the final financial quarter of 2023, there were seven space-related acquisitions/buy-outs, 36 minority venture/private equity financings totaling approximately $1.2 billion in funding raised, and five public equity financings representing $52 million in gross proceeds. M&A Review Merger and acquisition activity was down sequentially, with seven announced transactions during Q4 versus nine announced during Q3…

Spy Agency Uses Data from Space, Experience on the Ground to Win Battles, Save Lives with Maps

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency uses maps fused with Intelligence data to give leaders a clearer picture of global events. Credit: NGA

Seizing the high ground to see what lies ahead, a skill as old as warfare itself, has never been more important. Now, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the intelligence community’s mapmakers, are seizing the high ground of commercial space to augment the products they deliver to the military and first responders at disaster scenes.