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Phoenix Images
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:32 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space, Uncategorized.
These guys are publishing these images faster than I can blog!
This image shows the horizon. This is again a very flat region, but there is interesting patterning on the surface. Perhaps this is due to freezing/thawing mechanisms.
Here is the link to the incoming images at the Phoenix Mission site.
Enjoy!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Phoenix Footpad Image!
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:26 pm.
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Here is the first image back from Phoenix.
It is an image of the footpad. Clearly, the proble has landed on a level surface. No obvious sign of ice… yet?
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Phoenix Probe Lands on Mars
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:19 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space.
At 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory received radio signals from the Mars Phoenix Lander confirming that it survived its landing in the north polar region of Mars.
The probe enters the Martian atmosphere at about 78 miles above the surface and begins decelerating from its space cruise velocity of [...]
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Dextre Heralds a New Age in Robotics
Published on 18 Mar 2008 at 9:39 pm.
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Filed under Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Research, Robotics, Space, Technology.
During the second spacewalk of the STS-123 mission, the crew began assembling Dextre. Dextre is the newest member of the International Space Station’s Mobile Servicing System, and will act as a repair and construction robot for the ISS’s exterior. Dextre is enormous “standing” or rather floating at 12 feet tall. He has an 8 foot shoulder space [...]
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Avalanche on Mars!
Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 3:00 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Space.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured for the first time ever an avalanche in progress on another world!
These images were taken with the Hi Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) flying on the MRO. This image was taken at 34° latitude and 235.8° longitude, which is in Mars’ north polar region. The geology of this region is that [...]
