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Curiosity has Landed
In what can only be described as an amazing landing the JPL / NASA team, and all their partners pulled it off, and we now have a new Rover “Curiosity” sitting on the planet Mars..
Not only that but the very first images shot through a filter that was protecting the camera lense, was nothing less than a confirmation that the team has just landed a rover as big as a SUV on the Red Planet safely and ready to start collecting science.
I have to say, I was just about jumping out of my chair during the 7 minutes of terror which turned out to be less terror with the continuous stream of data relayed from Odyssey. Congratulations to the team and we look forward to years of science.
The Mars Phoenix Twitters?
In all the bad press of Twitter lately, here is a good reason to use it. The Mars Phoenix Lander is Twittering. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) set up the account to keep the legions of followers up to date. It not only gives updates but also answers questions about it’s interplanetary soil-digging device.
Of course, you can get all updates on the Phoenix Mars Lander Page but why not set it up into your account and follow the action via the Social IM network?
Avalanche on Mars
Great pics of an avalance on Mars. A satelite got lucky to pick this one up.
Check out the article on MSNBC and the original pics can be found here.
Liquid water on Mars?
NASA announced this afternoon that they have photographs suggesting liquid water on Mars. This comes a day after they announced plans for a Moon base to be built as a step towards going to Mars. {link to NASA article]
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Houston we have a problem!
The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) could be in deep trouble. NASA has in essence lost contact with the spacecraft. With the spacecraft having been in orbit for nearly 9 years it has outlived it’s mission expectancy. NASA will be working hard to re-establish contact but sadly the spacecraft could be lost. [New Scientist]