Meanwhile on Mars: Curiosity rover drove 18 meters further south into the canyon that it's traveling through to reach its next major science waypoint. The ~28 minute drive during sol 4484 (March 18, 2025) took the rover to site 114.918. Attached: DeBayered workspace mosaic, drive data and 2 traverse maps (different scales). Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Beautiful shot captured yesterday by Curiosity in the canyon between Gould Mesa and Texoli Butte
#Mars Mar. 18, 2025 (Sol 4484)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Curiosity rover updates: three new posts by Deborah Padgett, Sharon Wilson Purdy, and Ashley Stroupe:
Even the Best-Laid Plans https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4475-4476-even-the-best-laid-plans/ Bumping Back to Business https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4477-4478-bumping-back-to-business/ What IS That Lumpy, Bumpy Rock? https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4479-4480-what-is-that-lumpy-bumpy-rock/
Peter Kotlár sa pustil do dobrodružstva biológie, a dopadlo to ako vždy. Objavom týždňa je náznak života na Marse.
Tón: mierne pozitívny
#slovakia #gdelt #mars #newsletter #covid-19
https://l.rockosbasilisk.com/Hk4Gd
Just a few sols after successfully sealing the challenging Green Gardens core, Perseverance roved on to the Broom Point workspace to collect another sample called Main River.
Check out this post by Denise Buckner, Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/navigating-a-slanted-river/
#KnowledgeByte: #Mars and Rings of Planets!
Mars has no rings. However, in 50 million years when Phobos crashes into Mars or breaks apart, it could create a dusty ring around the Red Planet.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Mars-will-have-a-ring-like-Saturn--62761b890706f1b52cfdec99
Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) is a mission by JAXA (+ NASA, ESA, CNES & DLR) to survey Mars' 2 moons, Phobos and Deimos. The probe will bring a sample of Phobos to Earth.
2026: Launch
2027: Martian orbit insertion
2027-2031: Quasi Satellite Orbit around Phobos, land and collect samples, survey Deimos
2031: Return to earth
MMX will also deploy a rover named Idéfix, the French name for Dogmatix, Obelix's dog in the comic Asterix
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiS6NdpEL2A
https://www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/
#Mars
10/n
Des gens ont imaginé la colonisation de #venus . J'ai cru à une blague au début. Mais non, apparemment, à 50km d'altitude pression et températures sont acceptables.
Faut aimer les montgolfières.
Du coup ça me pose une question: pourquoi la #propagande #technofasciste choisit #mars alors que ça semble plus difficile que Vénus?
Le minerai (sur Vénus avec 93 bars et 400°C ça semble difficile), juste la com qui passe mieux, autre?
#politique #musk #fascisme #spatial #manipulation #ecologie #co2
A view of "Broom Point" where Perseverance collected the "Main River" sample two days ago
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/mars-rock-samples/
#Mars Mar. 12, 2025 (Sol 1443)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
And this is #ESA's animated approach of #Deimos and #Hera from the post:
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon
Images: ESA
#Hera's Hyperscout H hyperspectral imager took this image, shown here in raw form; the Sun's contribution makes Mars appear blue, but that will be later on removed to reveal Mars' spectral response.
The dark spot is Deimos (Δείμος, pronounced [deemos] in modern Greek)
I had the pleasure to stumble upon Curiosity on my way out of the canteen today - a group of colleagues from CEA Saclay was presenting their contribution to ChemCam's LIBS Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy instrument #Mars
https://www.cea.fr/presse/Pages/actualites-communiques/sciences-de-la-matiere/recherche-nucleaire-appliquee-a-exploration-spatiale.aspx
#Hera's Mars flyby occurred yesterday and today #ESA's live stream revealed images from its closest approach, featuring the far side of the tidally-locked moon #Deimos, and a lot more.
Images and animation are from the live steam.
Recorded live stream (at start of live coverage):
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cHiASEowrio?t=539
Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared Imager images acquired during the Hera mission’s 12 March 2025 gravity-assist flyby of Mars.
Credit: ESA/JAXA
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon
Curiosity Rover mission update for Sols 4477-4478
Bumping Back to Business:
#Mars #Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarrocks #Blog
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4477-4478-bumping-back-to-business/
Substituted image - Sol 4477 MAHLI mosaic. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Le survol de #Mars par #HeraMission a eu lieu au plus près à 12h51 UTC à ~ 5000 km de distance. Elle a survolé la Lune Deimos à 12h07 UTC à ~ 300 km. L'orientation de la sonde a posteriori a permis la transmission des données recueillies à la Terre (2e photo Ian Carnelli)
Les images seront dévoilées jeudi à partir de 11h50 (heure de Paris) sur https://www.youtube.com/live/cHiASEowrio?feature=shared
La simulation en temps réel du survol de #Mars par #HeraMission est en cours : https://youtu.be/KILqbZon5EY?feature=shared
Voici #Mars par #HeraMission mardi à 1,07 million de km, à une vitesse d'environ 9 km/s.
La sonde de l'ESA va survoler la planète pour une assistance gravitationnelle au plus près à 12h51 UTC
ESA
A rather unusual rock encountered by Perseverance yesterday
#Mars Mar. 11, 2025 (Sol 1442)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
