Looking inside: InSight, the mission to Mars
The first of two press conferences on the InSight mission. …Tonight the second… This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
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Post from February 23, 2018
InSight Mission, the seven differences This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Tonight at 4:00 the first of two press conferences on the InSight mission
See also: https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/1614703018612885 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Post from February 22, 2018
Curiosity Sols 1927 – 1971 Update: Ready to Resume Drilling This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Nearly a decade after Phoenix landed on Mars, HiRISE takes another look
Note how in about ten years the sand has completely covered the traces created by the retrorockets of the probe during landing…. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
The Webb Space Telescope is about to unlock the secrets of Mars
The largest infrared space telescope will study the relative abundance between water (common h2o) and heavy water, in order to determine how much water Mars has lost during its history. Curious how a telescope orbiting Earth can still compete with probes orbiting Mars or even circling its surface. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
TGO completed airbraking
The most risky part of the mission is successfully completed, but there are still some maneuvers needed to reach the final circular orbit.We will soon begin to receive the first scientific data…. For more information: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Surfing_complete This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Interesting “transient light phenomena” on Mars photographed straddling the terminator
Photo taken by the Mars Webcam on February 19 at 21:45:28 UTC from an altitude of 10030.19 km To be directly compared with the image of two days before (see: https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/1615257061890814 ) This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Curiosity Sol 1969, February 19, 2018
Your browser does not support HTML video. In this animated gif created with two pairs of stereo images taken by Navcam at 08:47:37 and 08:59:10 UTC, a deposit of sand is observed overhead in the second stereo shot.Remarkable amount of sand moved in such a short time by such a tenuous atmosphere…. 3D animated GIF: https://i.imgur.com/j9zILjS.gif Original images: Navcam: Left B * 2018-02-19 08:47:37 UTC… Read More »Curiosity Sol 1969, February 19, 2018
Looking deep: the Mars mission InSight (February 22 and 23)
The InSight mission, whose departure from Earth is scheduled for May, will be the first to study the interior of Mars.The probe is expected to land in November in an area of Mars called Elysium Planitia (see https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium_Planitia ), where it will also place a seismometer and an instrument to measure the soil temperature at different depths.During the two days of this conference, followable in… Read More »Looking deep: the Mars mission InSight (February 22 and 23)