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3 Things We've Learned From NASA's Mars InSight | NASA
What it's like to watch a presidential election from 'Mars' | Space
I watched the contentious 2020 presidential election unfold from 71 million miles (114 million kilometers) away on the surface of Mars and it was … different.
That Monday night (Nov. 2), after arriving at my home for the next two weeks in the dome, I and the rest of the crew discussed the upcoming election over our first Martian meal — a dinner of spaghetti and vegetarian "beef" crumbles in a sauce made from rehydrated tomato paste. We wanted to get ahead of any possible conflict in the habitat; effective and open communication within a spaceflight crew is essential and this election has created significant social division in America.
The answer to where the water on Mars went may lie in its atmosphere
For decades, scientists have tried solve the mystery of what happened to all the water which once flowed on Mars.
Mounting evidence suggests Mars was once a wet, warm, and possibly habitable planet. But over time, Mars lost its atmosphere and, as a result, its water .
With the help of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, scientists were able to gain a richer understanding of the Martian atmosphere which may have solved a part of the planetary mystery.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Mars spacecraft spots "angelic figure" near south pole ahead of Christmas - CBS
This week, the High-Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Space Agency's Mars Express captured the "defined wings of an angelic figure, complete with halo," as well as a large heart next to it. The pair of festive silhouettes appear bright red, in stark contrast to the light tan color of the Martian sand surrounding them.
According to the space agency , the dark color is due to the composition of the sand dunes, which are made up of minerals also found on Earth, such as pyroxene and olivine.
Perseverance Touches Down on Mars | NASA
News | From NASA JPL's Mailroom to Mars and Beyond
Allen was just 17 years old when he first set foot on the grounds of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to join the mailroom in the summer of 1981. Voyager had recently encountered Saturn, and the Lab was crawling with members of the media.
"It was like walking into a football stadium in the middle of the touchdown. It was electric," he says. "This is something that doesn't go on anywhere else in the world, and to be immersed in it with your first footsteps was crazy. That alone was awe-inspiring."
5 Hidden Gems Are Riding Aboard NASA's Perseverance Rover – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
The symbols, mottos, and small objects added to the agency's newest Mars rover serve a variety of purposes, from functional to decorative.
More than halfway to the Red Planet, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover isn't just shuttling sophisticated science instruments and tubes to be filled with Earth-bound rock samples. It's carrying symbols, mottos, and objects that range from practical to playful – everything from meteorite fragments to chips carrying the names of 10.9 million people.
Happening on Twitter
We're working with @esa to bring the first pristine Martian samples back to Earth—here's the latest on the Mars Sam… https://t.co/Uvravbc6iW NASA_Marshall (from Huntsville, Alabama USA) Sat Dec 19 18:50:02 +0000 2020
We're preparing for a multi-mission campaign to bring the first pristine samples from Mars back to Earth, a key ste… https://t.co/eiZfkgy0J5 NASAMars (from Fourth Planet From the Sun) Thu Dec 17 22:27:45 +0000 2020
Returning samples of Mars to Earth has been a goal of planetary scientists since the early days of the space age &… https://t.co/WI7r0YS6GD Dr_ThomasZ (from Washington, DC) Thu Dec 17 20:53:58 +0000 2020
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