The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 29 *First drive for the new Mars Perseverance rover NASA’s new Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has undertaken its first tentative test drive across the red planet’s surface. *A new map of binary star systems near the Sun Astronomers have developed the most comprehensive map ever achieved of binary star systems within the Sun’s local neighbourhood -- covering some 1.3 million binary star systems within three thousand light-years from the Sun. *New satellite to monitor Russia’s northern frontier Russia has launched its first Arctic climate satellite. The Arktika-M spacecraft was launched aboard Soyuz 2.1b rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. *The Science Report The South African Variant of COVID-19 even stronger than thought. Mushrooms found to boost antioxidants and control sugar levels. Neandertals found to perceive and produce human speech. Th
