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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Curiosity update: Quite a diffracting weekend!
Sol 1831, September 30, 2017, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: The science team has been waiting quite a long time for this moment. Back in late March, nearly 180 Mars-days ago and when Curiosity was investigating the last stretches … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Black Reef, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Katberg, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Normandien, Ogunquit Beach, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Mars Express: Visual Monitoring Camera goes pro
In the past fortnight, the VMC camera on Mars Express has delivered some of the best images ever, showing the Martian surface in excellent detail, colour and contrast. If you’re a VMCer (and, if you’re reading this, you are!) and … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, Mars Express, Mars Webcam, MEX, Visual Monitoring Camera, VMC
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Curiosity update: We’ve got the power
Sol 1830, September 29, 2017, update by MSL scientist Michael Battalio: With apologies to Montgomery Scott, “we do not have the power…,” but we will, as today was about keeping our state of charge up in preparation for possible CheMin … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Tra Tra, Vera Rubin Ridge
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HiRISE: Gullies in Icaria Planum crater
A certain starkness. Beautiful Mars series.
Posted in Reports
Tagged Beautiful Mars, gullies, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Icaria Planum, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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MAVEN: Large solar storm sparks global aurora, doubles radiation levels at surface
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface. “NASA’s distributed set of science missions is in the right place to detect activity on the Sun and examine … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged aurora, Bradbury Rise, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, RAD, Radiation Assessment Detector, solar activity, solar energetic particles, solar flares, space radiation, ultraviolet aurora, University of Colorado
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New look at old data points to subsuface equatorial ice
Scientists taking a new look at older data from NASA’s longest-operating Mars orbiter have discovered evidence of significant hydration near the Martian equator — a mysterious signature in a region of the Red Planet where planetary scientists figure ice shouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged ground ice, Mars Odyssey, Medusae Fossae Formation, Neutron Spectrometer
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Vapor loss during accretion shapes planetary compositions
Analysing a mixture of earth samples and meteorites, scientists from the University of Bristol have shed new light on the sequence of events that led to the creation of the planets Earth and Mars. Planets grow by a process of … Continue reading