The Tippy Top of Mars 2020: A close-up view of the head of Mars 2020's remote sensing mast. The gray boxes beneath the mast head are the two Mastcam-Z imagers. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption ›
A pair of zoomable cameras will help scientists and rover drivers with high-resolution color images.
When it launches this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will have the most advanced pair of "eyes" ever sent to the Red Planet's surface: Its Mastcam-Z instrument packs a next-gen zoom capability that will help the mission make 3D imagery more easily. Rover operators, who carefully plan out each driving route and each movement of a rover's robotic arm, view these stereo images through 3D goggles to see the contours of the landscape.
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Ask an Astronomer: Human Expeditions to Mars, Helicopters on Red Planet, and More | The Weather
With each passing day, scientists continue to pace-up their attempts to develop new technology and find novel ways to study the past environment as well as the future possibilities on our neighbouring planet, Mars.
To gain insights on the Red Planet's past, and to understand what the future holds for space scientists and technologies in Mars exploration, we spoke to Dr. Abhay Deshpande , a Senior Scientist (Physicist) working for the Government of India. He is also the Honorary Secretary of Khagol Mandal, a non-profit collective of astronomy enthusiasts that organise various sky observation programs, lectures and study tours.
Sols 2751-2753: 'Glas-going' to Drill! – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
To me, it seems like Curiosity was sitting on top of the Greenheugh pediment getting ready to drill “Edinburgh” just yesterday, and yet we’re already preparing to drill another rock in this weekend’s plan, a target we’ve named “Glasgow.” Combined with “Hutton,” these three drilled samples will give us a wonderful snapshot of the range of compositions of the three major geologic units we’ve explored in this region.
Researchers establish new timeline for ancient magnetic field on Mars
New findings from UBC researchers working with colleagues in the U.S. and France, published today in Science Advances , bring us closer to knowing the precise timing and duration of Mars' dynamo.
"We find that the Martian dynamo operated at 4.5 billion and 3.7 billion years ago. Dynamo timing is a big part of a planet's evolution, and what we find is very different from what we have thought so far," said Anna Mittelholz, postdoctoral fellow in UBC's department of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences, and first author of the study.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Mars Calls for a New Plan by Holiday Mathis – Boston Herald
It’s the last day of Mars in Capricorn and an excellent time to review issues of power, leadership and control. How have you influenced others? What tools have been working for you? How well have you been able to steer your own actions and keep on track with your goals? Mars favors adjustments to plan and approach.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everyone has a different emotional reality. You’ll listen until you understand another person. If you don’t quite get there, you’re already a million miles closer to resolution than people who try other tactics.
When does London look like Mars? - Airline Ratings
For 747 pilot Christiaan van Heijst it is when you’ré cruising over the magnificent city at 41,000ft and a high thin stratus layer blurs the ‘million of lights below into an orange glow and the moon is rising.
Suddenly the scene below resembles the Martain landscape and the moon, our sun rising over the alien world.
Christiaan says, just for a moment, he feels like a space-ship commander about to land on the distant planet.
Elon Musk Shares Image of SpaceX Starship's Raptor Engine Attached to Mars Rocket Prototype
Testing of the SpaceX Starship prototype SN4 was ongoing at the Texas launch site this morning, as Elon Musk teased a glimpse of its Raptor engine.
Speculation mounted over the weekend that the "Serial Number 4" spacecraft prototype could soon be facing a static fire test, which would see one engine fired up at full thrust without an actual launch taking place at the site near Boca Chica .
Musk said on Twitter last week following a successful cryogenic proof trial that a static fire test using one of the firm's Raptor engines was planned for "later this week." Today he had another update, teasing: "SN4 [fire emoji] soon. Raptor looks so smōl."
How space tourism and rockets to Mars became 'critical' business during the pandemic
(CNN) -Vacant office buildings, factories and restaurants across the country serve as ghostly reminders of an economy shuttered by the Covid-19 pandemic. But the US space industry has remained open for business.
In Covid-19 guidelines it issued in March, the US government deemed the space industry part of the country’s “ critical infrastructure .” The Department of Defense and NASA have asked their private-sector partners to continue working on key programs, such as SpaceX’s upcoming mission to shuttle two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
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