Americans fly Mars, even against the president’s decision
Head of the American Space Agency (NASA), Charles Bolden said that Mars will be the main target for future manned missions. (more...)
Mars rover Spirit for the first time in almost a year of stalled
For the apparatus several tens of centimeters - a considerable distance, as the earlier shifts calculated Spirit millimeters. (more...)Mars Aphelion
DB: This is Earth and Sky for Saturday, August 7. Today the planet Mars reaches its aphelion . . .
Buzz Aldrin presented his own plan for flights to the Moon and Mars
Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut who visited the Moon and became the second man who had landed on Earth’s satellite, believes that the launch Mars mission could take place in 2019 and even earlier.
Deep Sky
The deep sky means dark skies because most of these incredible celestial treasures are faint and diffuse. It takes an experienced eye to see these “faint smudges” and studied observing practice to learn how to let them reveal details of structure through the telescope.
Bright Stars on Winter Nights
Any time of year is good for learning your way around the constellations
overhead — for getting acquainted with the starry universe as it appears from
Earth. But winter is an especially fine time. True, January nights are terribly
cold for many readers. But these icy evenings offer the most spectacularly
brilliant constellations of any season.
Just look southeast [...]
Sundial Destined for Mars
When the Sun rises on Mars in January 2002, its motion will be tracked by a sundial. The Martian timepiece will ride aboard the lander of NASA’s Mars Surveyor 2001 mission. Television science popularizer Bill Nye (”the Science Guy”) dreamed up the sundial concept and set out to round up a team of astronomers and [...]
Mars Atmospheric Acquisition and Compression (MAAC)
The most readily available resource on Mars is the atmosphere. Hence, carbon dioxide (CO2), which makes up more than 95% of the atmosphere, is the primary resource being considered for early Mars missions. However, the Mars atmospheric pressure is only 6 to 10 torr (0.1 to .15 psi), while most ISPP processes [...]
New images of Mars novel.
The images were taken three days ago by the Opportunity rover, with the help of the U.S. orbiter Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), launched in August 2005 and arrived this week in its permanent orbit around Mars. Victoria Crater is probably the largest crater that will be studied by NASA with its two rovers deployed on [...]
A vehicle of NASA explorer discovered a meteorite on Mars
The rock, measuring about 60 centimeters long by 30 wide, consists mainly of iron and nickel, according to analysis by X-ray spectrometer on the vehicle. The meteorite, known as “Block Island”, was discovered last month between other rocks in the lower Meridani Planum region on the planet.
“This is the largest meteorite found on Mars so [...]
Discovery of an ancient lake on Mars
U.S. scientists have never desperate and is rewarded. They come to identify a former lake, now dried up old 3.4 billion years. It covered the bottom of a canyon of Shalbatana Vallis region and had an area of 200 km ² according to calculations by the team of Di Achille Gaestano of the University of Colorado. All results [...]
Agile at work in Space
This is agile at work. Using existing UDP/IP or SMTP (store and download like email) for the communications protocols for space missions. Duh! Why create a whole new comm networks for each mission when you can by a TCP/IP stack on any cellphone.
Mars Rovers to Keep on Roving
NASA has said, officially, that the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity will continue running despite budget cuts. It was reported earlier that Spirit may be put into hibernation mode to save money.
Mars Rovers Spirit May be Put to Sleep
Due to $4 million in budget cuts in NASA Mars exploration program, project leaders are thinking of putting one of the rovers in hibernation. NASA officials said, however, that it will not be necessary to and shutting down either Spirit or Opportunity is “not an option.” The tough little rovers have gone way beyond their [...]
Salt Found on Mars
NASA has found an ancient salt deposit in the southern highlands of Mars. Salt is an indicator of where water once flowed and could point to a good place to search for ancient life
