"A European spacecraft caught sounds from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during its screaming Sunday descent to the red planet's arctic surface. The European Mars Express beamed the audio data to Earth shortly after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander touched down in the Martian arctic late Sunday. The signal from Phoenix's descent comes through loud and clear after processing by the Mars Express Flight Cont
ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours.
But make no mistake - ORBITER is not a space shooter. The emphasis is firmly on realism, and
SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer) (Ancient Greek: Σελήνη, moon), better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya (かぐや, Kaguya), is the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft. Produced by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and NASDA (both organizations that are now part of the Japan Aero Space Exploration Agency, or JAXA), the spacecraft was launched September 14,2007-wikiThere are two models, the first is a colored but simplified version while the second is un-colored and a little bit complicated. The downloads are at the bottom.SELENE Satellite Papercraft
Avalanches on the North Polar Scarps in the Planet Mars was caught by the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - the first ever image of active avalanches near it's north pole.Ingrid Daubar Spitale of the University of Arizona, Tucson, who works on targeting the camera and has studied hundreds of HiRISE images, was the first person to notice the avalanches. "It really surprised me," she said. "It's great to see something so dynamic on Mars. A lot of what we see there hasn't changed for millions of years.""We don't know what set off these landslides," said Patrick Russell of the University of Berne, Switzerland, a HiRISE team collaborator. "We plan to take more images of the site through the changing Martian seasons to see if this kind of avalanc
CNSA: China likely to launch first moon orbiter at 6 pm on Oct. 24Li Guoping, spokesman for China National Space Administration (CNSA), speaks during a news conference in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 22, 2007. China is planning to launch its first moon orbiter on October 24 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.
The Martian Rovers Spirit and Opportunity were originally planned for a 90 day mission and they are now in year 3 on Mars. Incredible doesn't even begin to describe what a phenomenal success this project has been. I was never one of the people suggesting that NASA abandon manned space flight and focus on robotic missions such as the Rovers, Galileo or Cassini which have all been amazing success stories. I have always been in favor of manned space flight but let's be realistic and look at the lackluster results the last few years in the manned arena. But that's not the topic tonight. Below is the latest updates on the Rovers from their homepage. ~RJH Martian Rover Update page SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Loses, Re-Establishes Contact with Orbiter - sol 1132-1140, March 20, 2007:Spirit is healthy but had to sit out a Martian day waiting to send data to Earth while the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was in safe mode. Both the rover and the orbiter share the same X-band frequency with Earth an
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Movie: Flying Over Spirit's Work Site SpaceRef.com article link STATUS REPORTDate Released: Wednesday, March 14, 2007Source: Jet Propulsion LaboratoryImages of the "Columbia Hills" region inside Mars' Gusev Crater, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, provided detailed, three-dimensional information that was used to create this animation of a hypothetical flyover. NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been exploring this range of hills since 2004. ..Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/U.S. Geological SurveyQuickTime (no audio) 2.23 MB--(Low Resolution)QuickTime (no audio) 4.41 MB--(Med Resolution)QuickTime (no audio) 7.38 MB--(High Resolution)I would suggest that you right click on the movie links above and select "save target as" then save it to your local computer and play it rather than trying to stream it. Unless you have a very fast internet connection it
