It's time at last for Drill, Baby, Drill! – Martian Style. Ever wonder how Curiosity Does It Check out this enlightening and cool new NASA video for an exquisitely detailed demonstration of just how Curiosity shakes, rattles and rolls on the Red Planet and swallows that mysterious Martian powder.(...)Read the rest of Drill, Baby, Drill!
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Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA's legendary Opportunity rover has smashed past another space milestone and established a new distance driving record for an American vehicle on another world this week. On Thursday, May 16, the long-lived Opportunity drove another 263 feet (80 meters)
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One of the benefits of having a spacecraft in orbit around another planet for several years is the ability to make long-term observations and interpretations. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting Mars for over seven years now, and by studying before-and-after images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, scientists have been
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Editor's note: This guest post is written by Louisa Preston, an Astrobiologist and Planetary Geologist. She is a TED Fellow, and Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Open University, UK. In the last century humanity has taken gigantic leaps forward in the robotic exploration of the cosmos — not least in the search for habitable worlds
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After just coming out of its month-long “vacation” due to solar conjunction, theÂCuriosity roverÂis ready to resume science operations,Âand do some more drilling, it was reported last Thursday. The second drilling site has now been chosen, a piece of bedrock … Continue reading →The post Curiosity rover ready to start drilling again appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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... but that doesnt mean mars cant have fun with its robots ;)
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NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out in a Martian handshake' like gesture welcoming the end of solar conjunction that marks the resumption of contact with her handlers back on Earth – evidenced in a new photo mosaic of images captured as the robot and her human handlers contemplate a short traverse to a 2nd drilling
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MarsÂis famous for its duststorms, which can grow big enough to cover the entire planet. But did you know that it also has snowstorms? These storms can dump a lot of snow on the north polar cap during the bitterly … Continue reading →The post Predicting snowstorms on Mars appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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The goal of sending astronauts toÂMarsÂis one thatÂNASAÂhas had for a long time now, and a conference this week in Washington, DC is hoping to bring that dream closer to reality. TheÂHumans 2 Mars (H2M) SummitÂis being held at George … Continue reading →The post Humans 2 Mars conference discusses manned NASA mission by 2030 appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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It's always fascinating to see evidence of active geological processes on Mars. And with the help of the armada of robots in orbit and roving the Red Planet, there are plenty of opportunities to see the planet in action. Take this recent image from the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance
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Do you want to go to Mars? Well here's your chance to get connected for a double barreled dose of Red Planet adventure courtesy of MAVEN – NASA's next Mission to Mars' which is due to liftoff this November from the Florida Space Coast. For a limited time only, NASA is offering the general public
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Buzz Aldrin, celebrated Apollo astronaut and an outspoken champion for the pursuit of space exploration has written a new book titled Mission to Mars. While the title focuses on Mars, the book covers much more. Aldrin says that while Mars is the destination, getting there is a journey that includes taking advantage of the efforts
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After taking a well deserved and unavoidable break during April's solar conjunction with Mars that blocked two way communication with Earth, NASA's powerful Martian fleet of orbiters and rovers have resumed contact and are alive and well and ready to Rock n Roll n Drill. Both orbiters and both rovers are in good health after
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It's quite a long way from Mars, but I can't help but be reminded of the Red Planet's ice-covered north pole when looking at this photo taken by Michael Studinger earlier this month, during a recent IceBridge survey flight over Greenland. Called Saunders Island (also Appat Island) the 82-square-mile frozen slab of rock rises from
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Above is a recent 3-D version of a panoramic view from NASA of the Curiosity Mars rover, made from dozens of images from both the left and right Navcams. But panoramic specialist John O'Connor has also put together a non-3-D interactive view of this scene of the rover and its surroundings. The images were taken
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... opportunity rover on mars created these telling tracks on the surface of the red planet during a routine maneuver. Credit: NASAi call it "routine" because there are other photos where a similar pattern is made in the dusty dirt. just think about it - there are probably penises drawn in the dirt ALL OVER MARS. well don
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For those of you who would like to go toÂMarsÂand be one of the first humans to set foot on the Red Planet, this may be the ticket. As announced in this morning's press briefing,ÂMars One is now searching for … Continue reading →The post Want to go to Mars? Mars One is now taking applications for first human settlers appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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