NASA's next mission to Mars will carry what is meant to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet, and that experimental helicopter just spun its blades on Earth for the last time.
All the components of the Mars 2020 mission are currently undergoing their final prelaunch tests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Among those components are the cruise stage vehicle, which recently finished a test to confirm its mass properties, NASA said in a statement , and the helicopter.
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Watch Saturn, Mars, And Jupiter All Meet In March 31, 2020's Pre-Sunrise Skies
On August 27/28, 2014, Mars and Saturn had a close conjunction in the night sky, visible at the ... [+] lower right. The March 31, 2020 conjunction will be the closest these two planets have been since their conjunction of July 11, 2008. (Alan Dyer/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
For the past few weeks, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter have all shone prominently in the pre-sunrise skies.
During the month of March, 2020, the three outer naked-eye planets, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars, all ... [+] clustered together in the pre-sunrise skies. On March 18, they were joined by the waning crescent Moon. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Sols 2717-2719: The Poetry of Drilling on Mars – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Curiosity’s drill campaigns are like poetry in fixed verse. A predefined set of activities has to occur in a sequence: first Curiosity must assess an outcrop for drilling, then drill and extract a sample, then process and characterize the sample, then deliver the sample to the CheMin instrument for analysis, then prepare the SAM instrument, then deliver the sample to SAM for analysis, and finally dump the sample on the ground.
All of this happens over a period of a couple weeks, and when we are planning the science observations for any given sol, we need to work within the scaffolding of the drill campaign sequence. But like poets crafting sonnets in iambic pentameter, we find freedom within the fixed structure to create something new.
The Space Review: Why a business case for Mars settlement is not required
Some people have claimed that a “business case” for profitable interplanetary trade with a Mars settlement, or at least the identification a saleable product for trade, is required before such a settlement can be established or supported by business or government. But there is no reasonable prospect for trade in any significant mass of physical material from a Mars settlement back to Earth in the near future due to the high transport costs.
A good model for the expenditures needed to found colonies is the Greek and Phoenician expansion all across the Mediterranean and Black Sea areas in the period early in Greek history (before about 600 BC), leading to the founding of one of the greatest trading cities in history, Carthage. The cities who founded each colony did not expect immediate profit, but wanted good places for an expanding population and knew that, once the new cities were established, trade would also become
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Mars may have had hot springs millions of years ago | New Scientist
Mars is full of water, and may once even have been home to hot springs. The more we observe the Red Planet, the more we learn about its damp past and present, which could inform human exploration in the future.
These oval-shaped areas have been spotted inside a crater on Mars, and from their irregular shapes and bright concentric ellipses the researchers concluded that they appear to be areas where fluid seeped up from underground. That hot fluid may have been released by the impact that created the crater, which is how similar-looking hot springs can form on Earth.
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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Gets Its Sample Handling System – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
The system will be collecting and storing Martian rock and soil. Its installation marks another milestone in the march toward the July launch period.
With the launch period for NASA's Mars Perseverance rover opening in a little less than four months, the six-wheeler is reaching significant pre-launch milestones almost daily at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rover had some components removed prior to being shipped from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to the Cape in early February.
Saturn & Mars Conjunction 2020: How to See the Planets in the Sky - Thrillist
It's the final day of March. The final day of an outstanding month for viewing Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn hanging out in the sky together every morning. They've made a few interesting formations, including an encounter with the moon and a conjunction between Jupiter and Mars . Now, it's Saturn's turn to get cozy with Mars.
On the morning of March 31, Mars and Saturn will have a close interaction in the morning. To see the pair appearing to violate the rules of social distancing, look to the east about two hours before sunrise. Jupiter will still be hanging out in the area, but Mars and Saturn will be the stars of the show even though they're categorically not stars.
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Some of you spotted the special message I'm carrying to Mars along with the 10.9+ million names you all sent in. "E… https://t.co/N4ZjtjB8bv NASAPersevere (from Cape Canaveral, Florida) Mon Mar 30 23:09:48 +0000 2020
Learn about #Mars and my mission from home, with lessons, activities, and even some new quizzes and games created b… https://t.co/NpnxjR3SQR NASAInSight (from Elysium Planitia, Mars) Mon Mar 30 21:37:13 +0000 2020
10,932,295 people's names from all over the world will join @NASAPersevere on its journey to the Red Planet. The na… https://t.co/PzSP6uEule NASA_SLS (from Huntsville, AL) Mon Mar 30 14:15:01 +0000 2020
It's #SpaceTelescopeQuiz time! Since Hubble launched in 1990, it has completed more than a million observations. In… https://t.co/ow17WbQbfy HubbleTelescope Mon Mar 30 14:45:15 +0000 2020
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