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Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Digs Cape York, Roves to New Milestone
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2012/07/04 01:57 CDT | 3 comments
Even robots deserve a break once in a while, and when the Mars Odyssey orbiter went into safe mode in June, Opportunity got the chance to hang out and leisurely take in her surroundings at the Red Planet, while the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission downshifted into lower gear.
Posted by Stuart Atkinson on 2012/07/02 11:18 CDT
Earlier today, unnoticed by the vast majority of the world, Opportunity reached and then silently passed a major milestone in her great adventure on Mars. At just before 3am, UK time, Opportunity began her 3000th sol, or martian day, on Mars.
How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 2: Descent
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/06/29 07:04 CDT | 6 comments
When people first hear about how Curiosity will land on Mars, their first question always is: are they nuts? This is the second in a multi-part series describing how -- and why -- Curiosity will land this way, in excruciating detail.
Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/06/16 12:08 CDT | 1 comments
China’s fourth human spaceflight mission got underway this morning after a Long March 2F rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 10:37 UTC.
Update on yesterday's post about Chang'E 2 going to Toutatis
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/06/15 11:29 CDT | 3 comments
I have a couple of updates on my post from yesterday: confirmation that Chang'E 2 is indeed gone from L2, and more specifics on encounter dates with Toutatis.
Chang'E 2 has departed Earth's neighborhood for.....asteroid Toutatis!?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/06/14 07:53 CDT | 1 comments
According to a Chinese spaceflight forum, Chang'E program chief scientist Ouyang Ziyuan recently announced that Chang'E 2 has departed the Sun-Earth L2 point and is now en route to asteroid 4179 Toutatis!
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