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Virtual Star Party – January 12, 2014: The Planetary Show!
Hosts: Fraser Cain(@fcain, @universetoday) and Scott Lewis(@baldastronomer) Astronomers: David Dickinson(@astroguyz) in Florida Mike Phillips in North Carolina Shahrin Ahmad(@shahgazer) in…
HiRISE Spots Curiosity Rover and Tracks from Orbit
Amazing, the things a birds-eye view allows you to see. Here's a color image from the HiRISE camera on board…
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Spirit Retrospective: Top Shots on 10th Year Since Mars Touchdown
A Moment Frozen in Time On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the…
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Spirit Rover Landed on Mars 10 Years Ago Today
Ten Years Ago, Spirit Rover Lands on Mars This bird's-eye view from August 2005 combines a self-portrait of the spacecraft…
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Happy New Year’s Day 2014 from Mars – Curiosity Celebrates 500 Sols Spying Towering Mount Sharp Destination
Curiosity Celebrates 500 Sols on Mars on Jan. 1, 2014 NASA’s Curiosity rover snaps fabulous new mosaic spying towering Mount…
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Rough Red Planet Rocks Rip Rover Curiosity Wheels
Photomosaic shows new holes and tears in several of rover Curiosity’s six wheels caused by recent driving over sharp edged…
Weekly Space Hangout – December 20, 2013: Gaia Launch, Apollo 8 & Emergency Spacewalks
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, Amy Shira Teitel, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell (more…)
Astronomy Cast Ep. 326: Atmospheric Dust
When you consider the hazards of spaceflight, it’s hard to get worked up about dust bunnies. And yet, atmospheric dust…
Mars One Proposes First Privately Funded Robotic Mars Missions – 2018 Lander & Orbiter
The Mars One non-profit foundation that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet in the mid-2020’s…
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Curiosity Discovers Ancient Mars Lake Could Support Life
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered evidence that an ancient Martian lake had the right chemical ingredients that could have sustained…