Mars

InSight Lander Sending Back First Mars Photos 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 8, 2018
After a long journey, it’s time to get to work.

By David Aragorn
InSight Successfully Lands on Mars, Sends First Images 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 29, 2018
After an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458 million km) journey from Earth, NASA’s InSight lander successfully touched down Monday, November 26, 2018, near Mars’ equator on the western side of a flat, smooth expanse of lava called Elysium Planitia, with a signal affirming a completed landing sequence at approximately 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST, 8 p.m. GMT). The landing signal was relayed via one of NASA’s two small experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats.

By David Aragorn
Touchdown on Mars: InSight probe completes historic landing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 27, 2018
NASA’s Mars InSight probe has landed at what appears to be a beautifully boring location – a fortunate outcome that should expedite the mission’s primary aim of exploring the planet’s interior with seismic and other sensors, scientists said on Monday.

By David Aragorn
Mars InSight Live Satellite Interviews 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 26, 2018
The Nov. 26 live satellite interviews with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (NASA TV media channel, 6-10 a.m. EST) will have one-way audio only. Users will only be able to hear the administrator’s responses, not the interviewers’ questions.

By David Aragorn
An orbiter glitch may mean some signs of liquid water on Mars aren’t real 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2018
A new analysis of images once thought to show hints of saltwater suggests they actually don’t

By David Aragorn
NASA’s new Mars lander is in for ‘seven minutes of terror’ on Monday 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2018
InSight will tell us about the planet’s interior, but it’s got to stick the landing first.

By David Aragorn
Tiny satellites will relay news of InSight’s Mars landing in minutes, not hours 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2018
Two CubeSats will send data back to Earth of the lander’s fate as they pass the Red Planet

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will look for ancient life in a former river delta 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 20, 2018
The rover will cache rocks for a future mission to bring back to Earth

By David Aragorn
Evidence of outburst flooding indicates plentiful water on early Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2018
The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created canals.

By David Aragorn
Martian dust devils may create rare rocket fuel ingredient 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 31, 2018
The Red Planet is a rich source of perchlorates—chemical compounds used in fertilizer and rocket fuel that are rarely formed naturally on Earth.

By David Aragorn