Tag: Science
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The Artemis Missions Website – Humanity’s Return to the Moon
I wrote an introductory article a month or so back on the Artemis missions which NASA currently has in full swing with the Mars 2020 Mission and the landing of the rover Perseverance on Mars. I wanted to write a follow up article on the excellent web site NASA has which goes over the Artemis…
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The Geographic North and South Poles
From the cold ice covered polar bear infested beluga whale spawning grounds of the northern arctic wastelands to the largest continent on the planet located in our southernmost polar free trade zone the North and South Poles are as diverse as they are mysterious. The North Pole is a vast ocean covered on all sides…
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Perseverance’s SuperCam Science Instrument Delivers First Results
The above picture represents a close up combining two images from Perseverance’s SuperCam science instrument of a rock named ‘Yeehgo”, which is the Navajo word for diligent. The SuperCam instrument was developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico and a consortium of French research laboratories under the auspices of the Centre National…
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission Update 3.9.2021
As we follow the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission I’ll provide weekly updates on what’s been going with the mission. This update covers science and updates and what Perseverance is performing up through March 9, 2021. Percy performed a test drive which included driving forward, backing up to reposition, and continued movements so Percy could image…
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James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a NASA mission I have been waiting for some time to launch. Originally set to be launched in 2018, we are now 3 years overdue. Admittedly the James Webb Space Telescope might be the most complicated piece of equipment NASA has ever launched, and that’s saying something when…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter – High Speed Communications Link
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is an ongoing mission which launched August 12, 2005. After a 7 month journey to Mars it has been on a continuing search for water by studying the evidence of past water features such as river delta’s, lakebeds and old networks of rivers which have carved up and eroded away…
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The Artemis Missions Phases I-III
The Artemis missions are NASA’s continuing efforts to get humans back to the moon. We’ve had astronauts in space for decades now aboard the orbiting International Space Station. The scope of the Artemis Phase I-III missions culminates historically with America putting the first woman and getting man back to the moon by 2024 in the…
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Panorama of Mars
The above image is the top down view looking at the rover right before the cables connecting it to it’s flight mechanism were “pyrotechnically cut” and Perseverance dropped to the ground. You can see the gravel below the rover being pushed outward in all directions from the powerful jets keeping the 1 ton rover aloft…
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Perseverance Rover Lands Safely On Mars
The next technological marvel in Mars lander technology is brought to us by our favorite civil service agency NASA, has safely touched down on the red planet without incident on February 18, 2021 just before 4pm EST. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will augment existing landers and rovers and is the the USA’s newest Mars…
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NASA is Going Back to the Moon – The Artemis Missions
The Artemis Mission “We are going to the moon, to stay, by 2024,” NASA boldly exclaims in one of their newer video offerings on it’s NASA.gov website titled “We Are Going.” To go farther and create bases on other planets and moons NASA must be able to ferry heavier loads into outer space and create…