Friday Brings Blue Moon, Dramatic Lunar Video
Friday brings a rare Blue Moon — the definition of a second full moon within a single month. At 31 days, August is one of those months with enough days to host the prospect. Thanks to the Lunar and Planetary Institute, of Houston, the unusual event will also...New High-Res Video: Curiosity’s Landing on Mars
If you want to get a feel for touching down on the Red Planet, look at a new movie thanks to NASA’s Curiosity rover mission. The video covers the last two-and-a-half minutes before the rover touches down in Gale Crater. This movie is available courtesy of...InSight on Mars! New Mission Selected
Just as Curiosity revs up its scientific mission on Mars, NASA has selected a new mission to the Red Planet. The space agency announced that InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is a NASA Discovery Program mission...Cosmonaut Spacewalk Prepares Station for Future Russian Lab
Russian cosmonauts readied the International Space Station for the eventual addition of a Russian Multipurpose Science Module during a spacewalk on Monday. The big module, “Nauca,” and the European Robot Arm are expected to be launched together in...New Color Photo: Curiosity Sitting On Mars
Thanks to the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) the Curiosity rover was sitting on the surface of Mars. This color-enhanced view of NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars was taken by the MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) as it flew...President Checks In on NASA’s Curiosity Mission Team
President Obama was filled with praise for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory early Monday, when he called the control center for the Mars Science Laboratory from Air Force One to check in on the Curiosity rover. Early Aug. 6, Curiosity settled into Gale...Offer Some Advice on NASA’s Future, While Someone’s Listening
NASA was directed by Congress to re-assess its future, as part of the agency’s 2012 appropriations bill. The task, which must be completed soon, was assigned to the National Research Council, an arm of the National Academies. The National Academies serve...Curious “Photo-finish”: Sky Crane’s Demise Documented
After deploying the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, the Sky Crane performed its own aerial acrobatics – crashing in a planned maneuver far away from the rover’s landing zone. Engineers have reviewed images taken by Curiosity’s Hazard-Avoidance cameras finding...What the Curiosity Rover Can Teach Us About Mars — And Earth.
While the rover will help answer a wealth of questions about Mars, it raises some troubling ones about Earth — and the United States in particular. Why does a country that can pull off this kind of engineering legerdemain have such a hard time doing the easy stuff —...Space Talk
Is it just us or do you see a shark? 👀
This superbubble in star cluster NGC 1929 may resemble one. But how? Massive new stars create radiation, quickly expel matter, and race through their evolution to explode as supernovae. Their outflows and shock waves sculpt these cavities.
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There's a solar eclipse happening on Wednesday, Aug. 12 — and if you're not in the path of totality, you can watch along with us online! Get the details: https://go.nasa.gov/4ftKdXd
There's a solar eclipse happening on Wednesday, Aug. 12 — and if you're not in the path of totality, you can watch along with us online! Get the details: https://go.nasa.gov/4ftKdXd
HiPOD: Hydrated Sulfates in Columbus Crater
From HiWish: “An area of mineralogic interest identified by CRISM, which lacks HiRISE coverage.” Sulfate-rich rock outcrops on Mars may be a good location to search for evidence of past life on the planet.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077152_1510
