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NASA to Share Results of Effort to Recover Mars Rover
NASA will discuss the status of its Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in a media briefing at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) Wednesday, Feb. 13, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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via Latest News – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program https://go.nasa.gov/2gRBMK4
Mars-Rover Opportunity: Letzter Kontaktversuch der NASA
Nach mehr als sieben Monaten stellt die NASA ihre Versuche ein, mit Opportunity Kontakt aufzunehmen. Damit endet die überaus erfolgreiche Mission.
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via heise online News https://www.heise.de/
Touchdown for InSight’s Heat Probe
InSight has gone two for two, placing the second of its instruments gently on the Martian ground.
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via Planetary Society Blog http://bit.ly/QRHOCj
Read more in Chapter “Feature – NASA’s Insight Mars Lander” /
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Russische Medaille für Alexander Gerst
Der deutsche ESA-Astronaut Alexander Gerst ist am Dienstag im Sternenstädtchen bei Moskau mit der russischen Medaille Kosmos ohne Grenzen ausgezeichnet worden. Er nahm sie im Kosmonauten-Ausbildungszentrum( ZPK) Juri Gagarin entgegen.
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via Gerhard Kowalski http://bit.ly/2sRnRXD
NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Shrinking its Mars Orbit to Prepare for Mars 2020 Rover
The MAVEN spacecraft today is starting a campaign to tighten its orbit around Mars to prepare to serve as a data-relay satellite for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, which launches next year.
read more … https://go.nasa.gov/2TO5AWO
via Latest News – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program https://go.nasa.gov/2gRBMK4
MAVEN Spacecraft Shrinking its Orbit to Prepare for Mars 2020 Rover
NASA’s 4-year-old atmosphere-sniffing Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission is embarking on a new campaign today to tighten its orbit around Mars. The operation will reduce the highest point of the MAVEN spacecraft’s elliptical orbit from 3,850 to 2,800 miles (6,200 to 4,500 kilometers) above the surface and prepare it to take on additional responsibility as a data-relay satellite for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, which launches next year.
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via NASA
NASA’s Webb Is Sound After Completing Critical Milestones
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has successfully passed another series of critical testing milestones on its march to the launch pad.
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via Webb Telescope Features http://www.nasa.gov/
