A Mars Greenhouse in VR
We have completed the production of a new Mars Station with a Greenhouse in VR.
China’s Chang’e 5 capsule lands on Earth with the 1st new moon samples in 44 years
For the first time in more than four decades, humanity has brought moon rocks down to Earth.A capsule loaded with lunar dirt and gravel landed in Inner Mongolia today (Dec. 16) at 12:59 p.m. EST (1759 GMT), capping China’s historic and whirlwind Chang’e 5 mission. The Chang’e 5 samples should provide a new window into…
Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
Researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars’ surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes. These eight scarps, with slopes as steep as 55 degrees, reveal new information about the internal layered structure of previously detected underground ice sheets in Mars’ middle latitudes. Credit NASA
Second number of The Mars Planet Report
The second number of our Mars Planet Report (in Italian only) is on line. You can download directly from our website: www.marsplanet.org
China’s Chang’e-5 Moon mission probe touches down
China has successfully put another probe on the Moon. Its robotic Chang’e-5 mission touched down a short while ago with the aim of collecting samples of rock and dust to bring back to Earth. Unlike the launch of the mission a week ago, the landing was not covered live by Chinese TV channels. The US…
Ancient Martian Megaflood: Floods of Unimaginable Magnitude Once Washed Through Gale Crater on Mars’ Equator
Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years ago – a finding that hints at the possibility that life may have existed there, according to data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover and analyzed in joint project by scientists from Jackson State University, Cornell, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University…
MARST TO EARTH CONFERENCE 2020
The MARS TO EARTH 2020 conference is online 15th January. Registration on https://marstoearth.org/register/. We are setting up a nice list of Speakers. The deadline for the submission of students project for the Mars To Earth Award is 15th January. Submission of projects here.
Nasa, c’è acqua sulla Luna: ecco dove è stata trovata e come
La rivista Nature Astronomy ha pubblicato un nuovo studio, coordinato dalla Nasa,sulla scoperta di molecole di acqua sulla superficie lunare. Il telescopio Sofia, un aereo Boeing 747SP modificato, consente agli astronomi di studiare il sistema solare e ha risolto il mistero analizzando lo spettro della Luna a una lunghezza d’onda di 6 micrometri a cui l’acqua non può più…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023. This well-preserved, ancient asteroid, known as Bennu, is currently more than 200 million miles…
8 nations sign US-led Artemis Accords for moon exploration and beyond
Eight nations have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of principles that outline responsible exploration of Earth’s closest neighbor, NASA officials announced today. “This is just the beginning,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said yesterday during a phone call with reporters. “These deals will grow from here, and we’re excited to bring in new partners as…