The rocks in Vera Rubin are really very hard!After the second attempt Curiosity’s driller was not able to dig enough to collect enough material for analysis in this area.Meanwhile engineers continue to try to refine the technique, perhaps adding percussive movements….. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
The launch window is scheduled for the early morning hours between May 5 and June 8, from the Vandenberg base in California.During these two weeks, the launch will be able to occur within a two-hour window starting at 4:00 a.m. and will shift 5 minutes with each passing day.Regardless of the exact day of departure, the arrival on Mars is scheduled for November 26, after… Read More »All about the InSight probe launch
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In this image taken at 19:10:12 UTC we observe some transient light phenomena (center-left of the image) and a beautiful high-altitude cloud (no less than 15 km altitude) in the lower right.Both phenomena are observable just past the terminator, within the shadowed hemisphere. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
The new drilling technique used by Curiosity This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
After more than 500 sols of inactivity, due to a failure that prevented its use, it has been tried an alternative way to use the drill of Curiosity.The test seems successful and the results are encouraging…. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Large quantities of water ice present in the subsoil that are melted by geothermal heat waves, still in geologically recent times.Two elements definitely interesting, large amounts of water and geological activity still present; anything but a dead planet! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
At 11:41:12 UTC the Mastcam Right took the first close-up image of the first test hole drilled with the new drilling technique.This image has undergone white balancing and a slight enhancement of color saturation and microcontrast.I find interesting the drastic difference in color between the outer reddish layer and the inner blue, as if the outer layer was subject to a sort of chemical-physical alteration,… Read More »Curiosity Sol 1977, February 27, 2018
Despite my 52 years, I can still amaze myself!!!The scientific world realizes only “when it is done” how it is WRONG AS WELL AS PUERILE to send a “dirty” car in space on an orbit that could make it fall on a planet different from Earth (for example Mars??)!Now the scientists are protesting, the Planetary Protection is protesting and everybody is protesting; but you could… Read More »Tesla may bring terrestrial bacteria into space
The previous opinion was that the bacteria previously identified in these places had actually arrived there by chance and were destined to a slow agony.This research instead proves the existence of a real biotope…. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.