Weekly space news - 27/Nov/2022

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ESA welcomes its first specially-abled person into its astronaut program

42-year-old, John Mcfall lost his leg at 19 but continued to be a Paralympics medalist. He will now be joining ESA’s astronaut program.

Ingenuity gets software updates

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars got a software upgrade this week. It will now be able to safely land in rocky terrain.

Evidence found on Jejero crater could prove that there used to be water on mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover found evidence of compounds that could be the result of the interaction of rocks and water on Mars.

Mini asteroid lands in Canada

Astronomer David Rankin at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona spotted the asteroid first. 3 hours later the 1-meter-long asteroid splashed into Lake Ontario in Cannada.

Horizons spacecraft captures pluto in great detail

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured the dwarf planet, Pluto, in great detail this week.