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Mars Exploration Fast Facts Here’s some background information about Mars exploration. The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. Facts There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix (2008), Curiosity (2012), InSight (2018) and Perseverance (2021). The only other country to land a spacecraft on Mars was the Soviet Union in 1971 and 1973. The...

"Are we alone in the universe?" is the question humans have been asking for time immemorial as they gaze up into night sky. Hundreds of alleged sightings of UFOs appear...

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Today’s highlight May 25, 2020: George Floyd, a Black man, died when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe; Floyd’s death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some of which turned violent, and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. On this date 1787: The Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House (Indepen...

Flight Test Files: Martin B-57B Canberra Flight Test Files: Martin B-57B Canberra In this NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility photograph taken in 1982 the B-57B Canberra is shown making atmospheric measurements near a mountain range The Martin B-57B Canberra light bomber was used on several flight test programs at the NASA Flight Research Center and other NASA Centers. The two-seated aircraft was powered by two J56-W-5 turbojet engines. The atmospheric part of the research program provide...

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Mars Exploration Fast Facts Here’s some background information about Mars exploration. The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. Facts There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix (2008), Curiosity (2012), InSight (2018) and Perseverance (2021). The only other country to land a spacecraft on Mars was the Soviet Union in 1971 and 1973. The...

A recent study tracing the origins of Deimos and Phobos, the two moons of Mars, brought to mind a memorable Mars-observing session more than three decades

Meet the Spartan who helped NASA go to Mars (again) As a high school student, Terry Himes dreamed of exploring space. Today, the Spartan who graduated in 1975 from Michigan State University’s College of Engineering is living his dream.     “Just today, I was building the relay commands for Mars 2020, but also Curiosity and InSight,” says Himes, a spacecraft and software engineer for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.   NASA’s Perseverance rover arrived on Mars, landing safely on Feb...

  The University of Arizona-operated High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Feb. 18 descent of NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, the latest rover to touch down on the Red Planet. In the image above, Perseverances landing capsule can be seen falling through the Martian atmosphere, with its parachute trailing behind. Since entering the orbit of Mars in March of 2006, the HiRISE camera, provided and operated by the UArizona Lunar Planetary ...