If you watched NASA’s exciting Mars Perseverance rover landing on Feb. 18, you definitely won’t want to miss the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus spring 2021 virtual Star Party on Friday, April 23.
Jennifer Trosper, Mars 2020 deputy project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present “Perseverance on Mars – The First Two Months.” She will provide attendees with a mission update on Perseverance, which is currently seeking signs of ancient life and collecting samples of rock and soil for possible return to Earth.
“The virtual Science Talks series continues to present timely and captivating science content for our community, including the popular biannual Star Parties,” said Dr. Ryan Theule, vice president of the Canyon Country campus. “These events are an opportunity to learn more about notable science topics while also engaging with campus staff and faculty and COC programs.”
Did you know that the Mars Exploration Rovers were solar-powered?
Learning about the Red Planet of Mars has been a large priority for NASA in recent decades, with several unmanned droids sent to the surface to find out as much information as they can.
There have been two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, that were both deployed in 2003 at separate locations on Mars.
It had been planned for them to last 90 days on the surface, sending back data on the Martian surface and the geology of the planet. But thanks to solar energy they last much, much longer than anticipated, with Spirit remaining active until March 22, 2010, while Opportunity remained active until June 10, 2018.
Good Night Oppy will tell the story of a Mars rover that refused to give up
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NASA has announced plans for a new film highlighting the journey of the Mars Opportunity rover.
The feature-length documentary produced by Amazon Studios will be titled Good Night Oppy, according to Robert Z. Pearlman with Space.com.
Film 45, Amblin Television, and Tripod Media will work with Amazon to tell the story of one of NASA s twin Mars Exploration Rovers (MER).
Ryan White is set to direct the film already in production, according to Pearlman.
White shared his excitement to direct the film in a statement released by Amazon Studios.
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NASA s Perseverance Mars Rover landed on Thursday, February 18, after nearly seven months of space navigation. The overall objective of the mission is to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples through the rover s advanced exploration technology. The robot weighs one ton and is equipped with a robotic arm of more than two meters, 19 cameras, and, for the first time, two microphones and its own helicopter.
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