MEGANE was developed under NASA’s Discovery Program, which provides low-cost access to space. The Discovery Program is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The instrument science team includes researchers from APL, LLNL, Marietta College, NASA Ames …
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On January 16, 2020, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this image of two types of sand dunes on Mars: barchan and linear dunes. The small points are called barchan dunes and from their shape we can say that they are against the wind. Downwind dunes are long and linear. …
Read More »20 years after landing: How NASA’s twin rovers changed Mars science| Trending Viral hub
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity landing on Mars, part of a mission whose legacy will extend into the future. In January 2004, NASA’s twin rovers called Spirit and Opportunity landed on opposite sides of Mars, ushering in a new era of interplanetary robotic exploration. They …
Read More »Michael Thorpe studies sediments from source to sink| Trending Viral hub
Sedimentary and planetary geologist Michael Thorpe discovers the stories rocks tell, those on Earth and those on Mars. Name: Michael Thorpe Qualification: Sedimentary and planetary geologist Organization: Planetary Environments Laboratory, Science Directorate (Code 699) What do you do and what is the most interesting part of your role here at …
Read More »NASA’s Curiosity rover captures a Martian day, from dawn to dusk| Trending Viral hub
Videos from the rover show its shadow moving across the Martian surface during a 12-hour sequence while Curiosity remained stationary. When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is not moving, it works quite well as a sundial, as seen in two black-and-white videos recorded on November 8, the 4,002nd Martian day of …
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