Archive for November, 2011
The Old Moon In The New Moon’s Arms
by Tony on Nov.28, 2011, under outreach ideas
Mars Science Lab
by Tony on Nov.24, 2011, under outreach ideas
Visited with the WRAL Morning News this morning to talk about the Mars Science Lab
Mars exploration family portrait
by Tony on Nov.24, 2011, under outreach ideas
While most know that Curiosity is not the first rover to explore the Martian landscape with the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity exceeding their planned missions by a factor of almost 31, you may not know about all the other missions that have tried and many who have failed to reach Mars. Overall the success rate is about 50/50.
Mars exploration family portrait (click to enlarge)
Credit: Jason Davis / astrosaur.us
how do you get to mars?
by Tony on Nov.22, 2011, under outreach ideas
Mars in a minute
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NASA Image of the Day
Curiosity at 'Cumberland'
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its front left Hazard-Avoidance Camera for this image of the rover's arm over the drilling target "Cumberland" during the 275th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (May 15, 2013). The rover team plans to use Curiosity's drill to collect a powdered sample from the interior of the rock for analysis by laboratory instruments inside the rover. This is the mission's second rock-drilling target. The rover drove from its position beside the first drilling target, "John Klein," to its position beside Cumberland with drives of 121 inches (308 centimeters) on Sol 273 (May 13) and 26.6 inches (67.5 centimeters) on Sol 275. Curiosity's total odometry on Mars is now 2,385 feet (727 meters). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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