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6 minutes 23 seconds, 45 kilometres, 378 days: how well do you know this week's space news?

A Mars simulation, a record-breaking rover, a falling space telescope and the longest solar eclipse of the century – six questions from fresh space news.

  1. How many days was NASA's four-person Mars simulation crew isolated in the 3D-printed habitat?
  2. What total distance had the Perseverance rover driven on Sol 2006, the record-setting day?
  3. How long will the longest phase of the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 last?
  4. Where can the longest totality of the 2027 eclipse be observed?
  5. Which material's parts may survive the Swift space telescope's re-entry into the atmosphere?
  6. What challenge may planet-formation theories face after Hubble and Webb studied 27 objects beyond Neptune?