"Two pilots, a Turkish research astronaut and three private citizens rocketed to space and back Saturday aboard Virgin Galactic's Unity spaceplane, enjoying spectacular views of Earth and about three minutes of weightlessness before gliding back to touchdown in New Mexico."
A ~140m drive on Sol 1175 has brought the rover at the outskirts of the exposed light colored bedrock which will be the field for proximity science and sampling for the next month(s). The new RMC is 53.0000.
The location shown is a triangulation estimate. The path is a guess.
This is the lowest exposed area of the bedrock at Bright Angel, maybe the best candidate for proximity science and sampling. Also the area with fewer visible boulders, which apparently have tumbled down the steep northern bank.
Marsquakes are rare, but who would risk the rover being hit by a rock while doing science there? 😬
The Hubble Telescope launched into orbit 34 years ago and is planned continue its journey around the planet until the mid-2030s. Then what? In 2022, billionaire Jared Isaacman announced a proposal to save the program, but NASA turned it down. Space.com tells us why: https://flip.it/ncqMk5 #Science#Space#HubbleTelescope#SpaceExploration#NASA
William Anders, a NASA astronaut who was part of the 1968 Apollo 8 crew that was the first to orbit the moon, died Friday in a plane crash in Washington state, his son Gregory Anders confirmed. He was 90 years old. Anders took the famous "Earthrise" photo that showed our world with the lunar horizon in the foreground. NBC News has more on the crash and Anders’ life. https://flip.it/0sR1e7 #Science#NASA#Space#SpaceExploration
Ex-Astronaut verunglückt: "Earthrise"-Fotograf Anders gestorben
"Earthrise", also Erdaufgang, heißt eines der berühmtesten Fotos der Erde. Geschossen wurde es von Astronaut William Anders an Heiligabend 1968. Nun ist der Apollo-8-Teilnehmer bei einem Unfall gestorben.
NASA is moving forward with 10 studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars’ surface back to Earth. The following companies and proposals were selected:
• Lockheed Martin
• SpaceX
• Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Blue Origin
• Quantum Space
• Northrop Grumman
• Whittinghill Aerospace
• NASA centers
• JPL
• JH/APL