Now to recreate re-entry with a short drop onto a hard floor
Richard Speed Tue 6 Apr 2021 // 10:32 UTC Share
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We bring our Lego My Own Creation (MOC) odyssey to a close today with a bit of unabashed self-indulgence in the form of a Skylab model and Skylab modification for the enormous Lego Saturn V.
Why two? Simply because in spite of the sheer size of the Lego Saturn V, the scale means that a model of America s space station to fit might seem a little small. Instead, we opted to build one to Saturn V scale, as it sat on the launchpad back in 1973 and another as it was in orbit, missing a solar array and featuring the rapidly designed and constructed shade erected by the first crew.
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Mosaic view of a Martian rock dubbed “Yeehgo,” captured by the SuperCam instrument on the Perseverance rover.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/ASU/MSSS
Unprecedented audio recordings taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover are transporting us to the surface of the Red Planet, allowing us to hear the sound of a gentle alien breeze, and the click-clicking of lasers zapping a Martian rock.
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We’re exactly three weeks into the Perseverance mission, so it’s still early days. The project is in the deployment phase, with the Mars 2020 team systematically deploying each of the rover’s many instruments to make sure they’re working properly and configured for the science phase of the mission. Perseverance will spend the next two years or more exploring Jezero crater, so there’s no need to rush things along.
Portland firm s tech helps Perseverance rover roam Mars
A Beaverton company is celebrating a project that is out of this world.
Test and measurement equipment built by Tektronix played a key role in the buildout of the Mars Perseverance rover. The rover landed on Mars on Thursday, Feb. 18 Earth time and is designed to better understand the geology of Mars and seek signs of ancient life, according to NASA, the agency in charge of the mission.
The mission is to collect and store a set of rock and soil samples that could be returned to Earth in the future. NASA s key objectives for the mission include exploring a geologically diverse landing site and demonstrating technology for future robotic and human exploration.
Mars Rover Landing Site Named After Sci-Fi Legend Octavia Butler
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
That magical spot in Jezero crater where NASA’s Perseverance rover made its historic landing last month has been named “Octavia E. Butler Landing” in honor of the late sci-fi author.
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“I can think of no better person to mark this historic landing site than Octavia E. Butler, who not only grew up next door to JPL [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory] in Pasadena, but she also inspired millions with her visions of a science-based future,” Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for science, said in a NASA release.
NASA s Curiosity rover marks five years exploring Mars
NASA s Curiosity rover marks five years exploring Mars
The National Aeronautics And Space Administration s (NASA) Curiosity Rover Is Marking Five Years Of Exploring Mars. It Was Launched With An Aim To Gather More Information About The Red Planet.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Vivek Arya | Updated on: 07 Aug 2017, 05:54:45 PM
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration s (NASA) Curiosity rover is marking five years of exploring Mars. It was launched with an aim to gather more information about the Red Planet. And it didn t disappoint anyone and found that Mars once had the right chemistry to support living microbes.