December 6, 2019
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Discovery Program, Elysium Planitia, HP3, InSIght, Mars, Mars InSight Probe, Mars Mission, NASA, NASA INSight, RISE, Science, science and technology, scientific experiment, SEIS, space exploration, The Red Planet
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It’s been a little over a year since NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars on Elysium Planitia on Mars. In that year a remarkable amount of scientific data has been recorded and analysed by NASA. But before we get into what’s been happening on Mars, here’s a quick recap of InSight’s incredible journey and
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December 12, 2018
Cheryl
NEWS, OPINION
3-D printed habitat, Andy Weir, cosmic radiation, cosmos, Curiosity Rover, Elon Musk, extra-planetary, HiRISE, life on Mars, magnetosphere, Mars, Mars disaster, Mars InSight Probe, Mars Mission, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars settlement, multi-planetary, NASA, National Geographic, Opportunity Rover, radiation, rockets, Sci-Fi, solar flare, Space adventure, space exploration, space flight, Space-X, survive in space, survive on Mars, terraforming Mars, The Martian, The Red Planet, We Are Mars
Whether you’re a science nerd like me, or you are someone else getting on with life, you’ll probably know Mars has been in the news a lot in 2018. The momentum has been gathering for some time, but an announcement in late 2017, by Elon Musk, caused a stir that threw a spotlight on our
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November 28, 2018
Cheryl
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Atlas V-401, cubesat, Dr. Tanya Harrison, Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe, InSIght, MarCo cubesat, Mars, Mars environment, Mars InSight Probe, Mars Lander, Mission Control, NASA, NASA INSight, planet, satellite, SEIS, seismomenter, space exploration, The Red Planet, Vandenberg Air Force Base
It has been an exciting week in science this week. On Monday, November 26th, the Mars InSight Probe landed on Mars to begin its science studies of the interior characteristics of the Red Planet. But the journey started years ago with plans to send a planetary probe that would investigate the inner workings of Mars.
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