Taken with the infrared camera on NASA's Odyssey orbiter, the images reveal temperature variations aboard the small moon as it drifts into and out of Mars' shadow.
Three new views of the Martian moon Phobos have been captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter. Taken this past winter and this spring, they capture the moon as it drifts into and out of Mars' shadow.
The orbiter's infrared camera, the Thermal Emission Imaging System ( THEMIS ), has been used to measure temperature variations across the surface of Phobos that provide insight into the composition and physical properties of the moon. Further study could help settle a debate over whether Phobos, which is about 16 miles (25 kilometers) across, is a captured asteroid or an ancient chunk of Mars that was blasted off the surface by an impact.
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'It is about our survival': UAE's Mars mission prepares for launch | United Arab Emirates | The
he Arab world's first interplanetary mission, due to launch in 40 days' time and reach the orbit of Mars in February next year, is about the survival and future of the entire Middle East, the leaders of the United Arab Emirates project have declared.
The mission's objective is not to land on Mars, but to orbit the planet to study the dynamics of its atmosphere over an entire Martian year (687 Earth days) and form a more complete picture of its climate.
The 'mole' on Mars is finally underground after a push from NASA's InSight lander | Space
There's a light at the end of the tunnel for the first mole to burrow into the surface of Mars , scientists hope.
Not a furry mole, of course; the term is the nickname for the instrument formally known as the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package on board NASA's InSight lander mission . The lander, which touched down on Mars in November 2018, is designed to give scientists a look inside the Red Planet and gather data to help them understand its geology and internal structure.
Kyle Busch And Mars Get Creative With Unique Partnership
Kyle Busch has been sporting the M&M's Fudge Brownie paint scheme as part of Mars' effort to launch ... [+] the new candy.
Few NASCAR drivers have partnerships with a sponsor for more than a decade. But for the last 13 years, Kyle Busch and Mars have been two peas in a pod.
While Mars has been a major corporate backer of NASCAR teams since the 1990s, the New Jersey-based food manufacturer never saw the success it's had with Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing. Since Mars' M&M's brand shifted its sponsorship from the now-defunct Robert Yates Racing to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008, the multi-colored No. 18 machine has become one of the most recognizable vehicles in the world.
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Mars 2020 rover preview | Astronomy.com
Perseverance will follow in the footsteps of previous martian rovers — especially Curiosity. But thanks to the inclusion of forward-looking experiments, NASA’s latest rover will also set the stage for human exploration of Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltec
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Now, it seems that every time scientists make a new discovery about Mars, the conversation shifts to: “When are we going to go there and see for ourselves?” With this upcoming Mars mission, scientists are finally taking the first steps toward humanity exploring the Red Planet in person.
Elon Musk makes getting humans to Mars his top priority - here's how he wants to do it | Science
Having completed its first human launch, SpaceX's founder and chief executive Elon Musk says the company is now focusing on developing its next-generation spacecraft Starship.
In the last week of May, NASA and SpaceX successfully launched astronauts from US soil for the first time in almost a decade.
Starship was unveiled last September and is designed to carry a crew and cargo "to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system" , according to the billionaire.
Starwatch: Look for Mars and the moon pairing up in the sky this week!
The mornings of Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13 you can catch Mars and the moon paired up in the southeast sky. Mars rises just before 2 a.m.. You’ll have to be an early riser to catch the moon and the red planet. The earliest sunrises of the year occur before the summer solstice. So a good window of seeing Mars is about 2 a.m. until near 6 a.m..
This week, the legendary Big Dipper will be easy to find. Look towards the north and you will be able to easily spot the dipper shape to this constellation with the bowl and handle. The Little Dipper isn’t as easy to find as it is fainter than the Big Dipper. Look to the right of the Big Dipper. The brightest star in the Little Dipper Constellation is the North Star, Polaris! This star marks the end of the handle.
Gardens of the galaxy: can you grow vegetables on Mars? | Space | The Guardian
"If you're on the space shuttle for just a week or two, of course, you're going to take everything with you," says Dr Gioia Massa, a plant scientist at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "It's like a camping trip, you're not going to do agriculture on short-duration trips. But we're finally getting to the point where we see going back to the Moon by 2024, we see going on to Mars in the future. These things that were really far out are now coming closer.
Covid-19 has slowed down some of the research, but not for long. Massa can go to the Kennedy Space Center for "mission-essential work" and the Veggie units on the space station continue unhindered. She's particularly excited that Nasa's unmanned Perseverance rover is still due to leave for Mars on 17 July, expecting to land in February 2021.
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