Danger Mars Colonists! Need for Predicting Space Storms
Future inhabitants of Mars (those that are not already there, perhaps) are in need of a space storm monitoring system. That’s the advice of Roger Dube, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in...Things Getting Chilly for Spirit
From Universe Today “Spirit is hanging in there … remarkably good, all things considered”, Steve Squyres told me in a rover update this week. Squyres is the Scientific Principal Investigator for the twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. I asked...Opportunity Finds Something New
From MSNBC NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has found a Martian rock covered in weird material as its odometer hit a major milestone this week, with the long-lived robot completing equivalent to a half-marathon on the Red Planet. Opportunity, now in its seventh...Opportunity is Thinking
From Discovery Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity have surpassed their designed mission lifespan by an astonishing six years, but don’t let that fool you into thinking their mental capacity is suffering. Far from it. With help from the MER...Mars Gale Crater Flyover
From Universe Today The videos are created using actual, high-resolution data from the HiRISE camera – DEM (Digital Elevation Model)- also known as DTM Digital Terrain Model files. “The videos were produced using software I originally designed to visualize...Space Talk
We’ve got a signal! 📡Orion is talking to the Deep Space Network, which is what NASA uses to communicate with its spacecraft that are out in deep space. For the first time in over 50 years, a spacecraft carrying humans to the Moon is sending signals to Earth.
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Congratulations to @NASA, our commercial partners, and the Redwire team on a successful #Artemis 2 launch!
Godspeed #NASAMoonCrew!
What a lambtastic launch! WOOL DONE!🚀🐑
Wishing the #Artemis II astronauts safe travels around the Moon 🌙
Now Shaun’s switching from cheering… to mission monitoring 👀
Next stop: Mission Control at @NASA_Johnson in Houston to follow the flight up close!
🛰️ The Orion spacecraft spreads its wings.
☀️ The four solar arrays on the European Service Module unfolded like a concertina.
🔋 They are starting to collect photons from the Sun to turn them into electricity for the Moon trip.