A pair of nice spce-relatede stories

[gekkogecko]

First up, the Ingenuity helicopter drone on Mars has had its mission extended again:
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-flight-september?utm_source=SmartBrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_content=099AF3F0-33C4-4E94-859B-4C0E736CBF61&utm_term=7f7c6782-dadf-4b07-a870-d5404089df26

More spectacularly, NASA has released a calibration alignment photo from the James Webb Space Telescope, and it's a beauty:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-alignment-photo?utm_source=SmartBrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_content=099AF3F0-33C4-4E94-859B-4C0E736CBF61&utm_term=7f7c6782-dadf-4b07-a870-d5404089df26

[dicksbro]

Ingenuity has certainly exceeded expectations and that James Webb Space Telescope's first picture is extraordinarily clear and truly beautiful. Thanks, GG!

[gekkogecko]

I'm waiting for the rest of the calibration stuff to be done, so the JWST can do real science.

[PantyFanatic]

:thumbs:


The extremes man is capable of. :rolleyes:

[dicksbro]

Isn't that the truth! ^^^^

[gekkogecko]

Yes, it does seem to me a race to get off this planet, and make others inhabitable before we destroy this one. I'm not sure which influence is winning.

[dicksbro]

^^^^ Me, too!