Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
High-speed imaging of a test with Dextre from 2010.May.04 Credit:NASA
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A new photo released by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona appears to show trees on Mars. See: www.space.com The original HiRISE website: hirise.lpl.arizona.edu “Usage Policy: All of the images produced by HiRISE and accessible on this site are within the public domain: there are no restrictions on their usage by anyone in the public, including news or science organizations. We do ask for a credit line where possible: Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.”
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Part of the JPL tour at the #JPLTweetup. Inside the clean room is the chassis and landing module for the Mars Science Laboratory. Closeup shots toward the end of the video
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In this animation we can see how the rover will enter, descend and land on the surface of Mars.
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Herschel space telescope captures birth of stars
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Cette mission de la NASA a pour objectif de faire atterrir sur la planète Mars un énorme robot d’exploration de 850 kg dont plus de 300 kg d’instruments scientifiques ! Un véritable laboratoire mobile. Lancement prévu entre le 15 septembre et le 4 octobre 2009 pour un atterrissage sur Mars entre le 10 juillet et le 14 septembre 2010. (crédit : NASA) En savoir plus : orbitmars.futura-sciences.com
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Want more? Subscribe to NASA on itunes! phobos.apple.com Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) is a suite of instruments developed for use on the Mars Science Laboratory. By looking for evidence of water, carbon, and other important building blocks of life in the Mars soil and atmosphere, this suite will help answer one of humankind’s biggest questions about the planet: did it ever support life? SAM was designed and built in an international collaboration between Goddard Space Flight Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Paris, and Honeybee Robotics. For more info: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Did Mars once have an environment capable of supporting life? nasa’s next rover will further unravel that mystery. Mars Exploration Rover Mission: marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov youtube Play-list: www.youtube.com nasa’s twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers, launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. They landed on Mars January 3 and January 24 PST, 2004 (January 4 and January 25 UTC, 2004). Primary among the mission’s scientific goals is to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars. The spacecraft are targeted to sites on opposite sides of Mars that appear to have been affected by liquid water in the past. The landing sites are at Gusev Crater, a possible former lake in a giant impact crater, and Meridiani Planum, where mineral deposits (hematite) suggest Mars had a wet past. After the airbag-protected landing craft settled onto the surface and opened, the rovers rolled out to take panoramic images. These images give scientists the information they need to select promising geological targets that tell part of the story of water in Mars’ past. Then, the rovers drive to those locations to perform on-site scientific investigations. Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Overview: marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov The rovers offer unique contributions in pursuit of the overall Mars science strategy to “Follow the Water.” Understanding the history of water on …
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Animation of a GIANT impact Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech bit.ly This artist’s concept shows a celestial body about the size of our moon slamming at great speed into a body the size of Mercury. nasa’s Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that a high-speed collision of this sort occurred a few thousand years ago around a young star, called HD 172555, still in the early stages of planet formation. The star is about 100 light-years from Earth. Spitzer detected the signatures of vaporized and melted rock, in addition to rubble, all flung out from the giant impact. Further evidence from the infrared telescope shows that these two bodies must have been traveling at a velocity relative to each other of at least 10 kilometers per second (about 22400 miles per hour). As the bodies slammed into each other, a huge flash of light would have been emitted. Rocky surfaces were vaporized and melted, and hot matter was sprayed everywhere. Spitzer detected the vaporized rock in the form of silicon monoxide gas, and the melted rock as a glassy substance called obsidian. On Earth, obsidian can be found around volcanoes, and in black rocks called tektites often found around meteor craters. Shock waves from the collision would have traveled through the planet, throwing rocky rubble into space. Spitzer also detected the signatures of this rubble. In the end, the larger planet is left skinned, stripped of its outer layers. The core of the smaller body and most of its surface were absorbed by …
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Astronomy videos: www.atheism-magazine.com News From Mars 1. Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science Laboratory: From space, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter takes a closer look at four possible landing sites for nasas next Mars rover. 2. Soaring Over Mars: nasas Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gives us an unprecedented birds-eye view of the Red Planet. 3. Mars Science Laboratory: This animation demonstrates how the rover will enter, descend and land on the surface of Mars. • www.jpl.nasa.gov Subscribe to Science & Reason • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com CREDITS: Videos: jplnews (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Music: “Equinoxe Part 7″ by Jean Michel Jarre/Francis Dreyfus Music (cover version by rfoshaug); “Prelude to the World” by Mr. Fuby; “Bleeding Rose” by Nathan Pinard. .
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