Tag: Mars
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Review: ‘First Man’ and ‘The First’ focus on the moon, on Mars … and on families
Ryan Gosling plays the role of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong in “First Man.” (Universal Pictures Photo) Two big-name dramatic productions — “First Man” in theaters, and “The First” on Hulu — are putting the glorious past and potentially glorious future of space exploration on big and small screens. But if you’re expecting the Ryan Gosling…
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As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard
An image from a high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Opportunity rover as a bright blip inside the white box. The box marks a 154-foot-wide area in Mars’ Perseverance Valley. Click on the image for a larger version. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / Univ. of Arizona Photo) NASA’s Opportunity rover still hasn’t made…
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ANA Holdings partners with Japan’s space agency on ‘Avatar X’ telepresence program
An artist’s conception shows the site plan for the Avatar X lab planned in Japan’s Oita prefecture. (Clouds Architecture Office) Telepresence robots on the moon and Mars? That’s the vision laid out for the partnership between ANA Holdings, the parent company of Japan’s All Nippon Airways, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The ANA-JAXA program,…
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Commercial branding on spacecraft? Five key points in NASA’s evolving space vision
As a joke, NASA spacewalker Dale Gardner holds up a “For Sale” sign during a shuttle mission in 1984, in an era when the space shuttle fleet took on commercial satellite servicing tasks. (NASA Photo) Why can’t commercials be filmed on the International Space Station? How about astronaut endorsements of energy drinks or tennis shoes?…
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Engineers still hopeful Mars rover will wake up after dust storm
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Hubble Space Telescope captured this view Mars, with its surface partially hidden under a veil of dust, last month as the planet reached the closest point in its orbit to Earth. Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI Flight controllers have not heard from NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover since…
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Moonrise, moonset and Mars: Photos hit the high points at Mount Rainier
Mars (far left) and the full moon get together over Mount Rainier on the night of July 26-27. Click on the image for a larger version. (Photo by Kevin Lisota) MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Warm weather, clear skies and a full moon brought me out in search of two of my favorite shots…
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Mars Express water discovery reopens intriguing questions for future Martian Exploration
For the first time in human exploration of Mars, the presence of a stable, subterranean body of salty (briny) water has been strongly suggested by data returned by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter. Using measurements taken by the MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding) instrument, a team of Italian researches…
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It’s prime time for watching Mars – plus a total lunar eclipse that you can see online
A global dust storm covers Mars’ disk in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, captured on July 18. The planet’s two small moons, Deimos (left) and Phobos (right), appear in the lower half of the image. (NASA / ESA / STScI Photo) It’s no hoax: Mars is bigger and brighter in the night sky…
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Mars Express delivers radar evidence of hidden lake at Red Planet’s south pole
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, shown in this artist’s conception, has been circling Mars since 2003. (Spacecraft image credit: ESA / ATG Medialab; Mars: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) Radar readings from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter point to the location of what appears to be…
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Growing dust storm encircles Mars, rover remains silent
A self-portrait taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover taken June 15. A Martian dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover’s location in Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The effects of a global dust storm on Mars have been observed by NASA’s plutonium-powered Curiosity rover, which continues its scientific campaign as the thick veil of dust…