July 31st, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: MER-B | From: Mars | Sent: July 21, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell | Image source
Two views from Victoria Crater on Mars taken this month, as seen in false color (left) and in true color (right). Both kinds of views are useful to scientists. Opportunity has gotten itself stuck in the treacherous sand again, [...]
July 30th, 2008 by admin | 6 Comments
Sent by: Mars Express | From: Mars | Released: July 30, 2008 | Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum) | Image source
Today the European Space Agency released new photos from the latest close encounter with the moon Phobos, including the potential landing sites for a Russian mission slated to be launched next year. Phobos is about [...]
July 30th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Sent: July 28, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI | Image source
Craters along the terminator - the dividing line between night and day - come into sharp relief in this portrait of Saturn’s icy moon Tethys taken this week.
July 29th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Mars Express | From: Mars | Credit: ESA/Freie Universitaet Berlin and DLR Berlin | Image source
The Mars Express orbiter gives us this view into the immense Valles Marineris canyon system, along a section known as Coprates Chasma. To the left is a closer perspective on the central, layered butte.
July 28th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | From: Mars | Sent: July 20, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS | Image source
The most recent global weather monitoring from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows few dust storms and only scattered clouds.