(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
Archiv: Mars (planet)
NASA images show a meteor crashed into Mars, triggered a big quake, and kicked up surprise water ice
A meteor crashed into Mars on Christmas Eve 2021, and shook the planet so much that NASA‘s InSight lander recorded the rumblings.
Scientists didn‘t know where the quake came from until NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft circling the red planet, captured images of the new impact crater. NASA revealed the discovery on Thursday.
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
China‘s Tianwen-1 probe sends back Mars landing visuals
Two photos and two videos captured by China‘s Mars probe Tianwen-1 during and after the country‘s first landing on the red planet were released on Wednesday.
Zhurong Rover is driving on Mars sending back new images (Chinese Tianwen-1 mission)
On May 21, 2021 CNSA published images of Mars Rover Zhurong driving on Red Planet around general station. The rover‘s mission planned tasks are to: Study the topography and geology of the local area; examine the soil and any ice content; survey the elements, minerals and rocks; atmospheric sampling.
Since the @NASAPersevere landing, we’ve been prioritizing two types of data: first-of-its-kind footage from the rover’s entry, descent & landing. And, health & safety data for the rover & its subsystems. We’ll release more images & video on Monday in a news briefing at 2pm ET.
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In
f Ingenuity succeeds in taking off and hovering during its first flight, over 90% of the project’s goals will have been achieved. If the rotorcraft lands successfully and remains operable, up to four more flights could be attempted, each one building on the success of the last.
“We are in uncharted territory, but this team is used to that,” said MiMi Aung, project manager for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at JPL.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
NASA‘s Mars rover Perseverance landing: Everything you need to know
)18.02.2021)
Once the pristine Mars material is on the ground, scientists in labs around the world can scrutinize it using far more powerful and precise equipment than a single rover can carry to the Red Planet.
Touchdown! NASA‘s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
(18.02.2021)
Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA, will send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cached samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.
China‘s Space Probe Sends Back Its First Image Of Mars
The black-and-white photo released late Friday by the China National Space Administration showed geological features including the Schiaparelli crater and the Valles Marineris, a vast stretch of canyons on the Martian surface.
Cyprus rocky testing ground for Mars
The CSEO is taking part in a major international research project on Mars, in collaboration with three other European countries as well as the United States.
Italy, USA sign moon-exploration agreement
Italy and the United States on Friday signed a declaration of intent for exploration of the moon linked to the Artemis programme.
The deal was signed in Rome by Cabinet Secretary Riccardo Fraccaro in video link with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
Solar Rotation Effects on The Thermospheres of Mars and Earth
(spring 2006)
The first thing that must be understood in this paper is the chain of events that is being tracked. From the Sun‘s rotational quirks, to their effects on CO2 in the respective atmospheres of Mars and Earth. There is also a comparison to older, normalized data from Venus.
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Interestingly, once the data was compiled, there was no correlation found between the levels of CO2 found in the upper atmosphere (~150km on Earth, where this transformation takes place.) Broadening their search, the authors found a strong correlation between the ratio of CO2/O2 and the thermal changes. They feel this suggests that the thermal diffusion effect relies on some form of resonance between the two molecules involved
Wettlauf zum Mars
(Stand: 23.07.2020 10:28 Uhr)
Die Chinesen nennen ihre Sonde „Fragen an den Himmel“, die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate setzen auf „Hoffnung“, und die Amerikaner starten mit „Durchhaltevermögen“: Drei Länder machen sich auf den Weg zum roten Planeten.
NASA, China and the UAE are scheduled to send missions to Mars in July
The number of missions, who is launching them and their complexity illustrate the importance Mars has for purveyors of space exploration policy.
China‘s space programme targets July launch for maiden mission to Mars
The Mars mission is among a number of new space projects China is pursuing, including putting Chinese astronauts on the moon and having a space station by 2022.
Curiosity‘s 1.8-Billion-Pixel Panorama
A version without the rover contains nearly 1.8 billion pixels; a version with the rover contains nearly 650 million pixels. Both versions are composed of more than 1,000 images that were carefully assembled over the following months.
Curiosity rover captures highest-resolution panorama photo of Mars ever taken
Scientists have spent the last few months assembling the nearly 1,200 images to create one cohesive picture, NASA said in a press release. They were taken with the rover‘s Mast Camera, or Mastcam, using its telephoto lens between November 24 and December 1, when the entire mission team on Earth was off for Thanksgiving.
America‘s next Mars rover will be called Perseverance
The name was picked from a shortlist of nine submitted by schoolchildren.
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Martian Atmosphere: Global Characteristics
(März 2004)
We report observations of magnetic fields amplitude, which consist of a series of individual spikes in the Martian atmosphere. A minimum variance analysis shows that these spikes form twisted cylindrical filaments. These small diameter magnetic filaments are commonly called magnetic flux ropes. We examine the global characteristics of magnetic flux ropes, which are observed on 5% of the elliptical orbits of Mars Global Surveyor.
Close Comet Flyby Threw Mars’ Magnetic Field Into Chaos
(09.03.2016)
And like a solar storm, the comet’s close passage likely fueled a temporary surge in the amount of gas escaping from Mars’ upper atmosphere. Over time, those storms took their toll on the atmosphere.
“With MAVEN, we’re trying to understand how the sun and solar wind interact with Mars,” said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN’s principal investigator from the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder. “By looking at how the magnetospheres of the comet and of Mars interact with each other, we’re getting a better understanding of the detailed processes that control each one.”
Global storms on Mars shoot dust towers up into the air
Water vapor appears on Mars today as thin, wispy clouds.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
The Curiosity rover detects oxygen behaving strangely on Mars
„We‘re struggling to explain this,“ said Melissa Trainer, study author and planetary scientist at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center. „The fact that the oxygen behavior isn‘t perfectly repeatable every season makes us think that it‘s not an issue that has to do with atmospheric dynamics. It has to be some chemical source and sink (of elements into the soil) that we can‘t yet account for.“
It relates back to the methane mystery.
Is this how we‘ll live on Mars?
„The climate crisis is — rightly — frightening a lot of people, and there is a tendency to think of Mars as a sort of escape hatch for humanity, a planet B, which is very dangerous and problematic,“ said Watson.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
Is there methane on Mars?
(2011)
The first discovery of methane on Mars was announced in 1969 at a press conference by the Mariner 7 Infrared Spectrometer (IRS) team just two days after the flyby.
Strong planetary magnetic fields like Earth‘s may protect oceans from stellar storms
(14.03.2019)
„Magnetic fields appear to play an essential role in making planets habitable, so I wanted to find out how Earth‘s magnetic field compared to those of other potentially habitable planets,“ she said.
Ms McIntyre said Earth‘s strong magnetic field had probably played an important role in protecting the atmosphere from the solar wind and keeping the planet wet and habitable.
„Venus and Mars have negligible magnetic fields and do not support life, while Earth‘s magnetic field is relatively strong and does,“ she said.
Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a magnetic field to shield its atmosphere from solar wind:
(05.11.2015)
Rewind the Red Planet: See the Surprising Ways Mars Has Changed in 3 Billion Years
(21.11.2016)
Mars today is a chilly desert. But ancient landscapes reveal a times when water may have flowed freely. Scroll to see how the red planet has evolved
What Does a Marsquake Look Like?
(22.07.2019)
Provided by the French space agency, Centre National d‘Études Spatiales (CNES), the seismometer detected its first marsquake on April 6, 2019. The InSight mission‘s Marsquake Service, which monitors the data from SEIS, is led by Swiss research university ETH Zurich.
NASA‘s InSight Detects First Likely ‚Quake‘ on Mars
(23.04.2019)
The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander‘s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument, was recorded on April 6, the lander‘s 128th Martian day, or sol. This is the first recorded trembling that appears to have come from inside the planet, as opposed to being caused by forces above the surface, such as wind. Scientists still are examining the data to determine the exact cause of the signal.
Klimageschichte des Mars
(03.06.2013)
Prof. Dr. Ralf Jaumann, Leiter der Abteilung Planetengeologie des DLR-Instituts für Planetenforschung, spricht im Interview über die bewegte Klimageschichte des Mars. Er ist Experimentmanager und Co-Investigator der hochauflösenden Stereokamera (HRSC) auf der ESA-Raumsonde Mars Express.
A Gloomy Mars Warms Up
(14.05.2007)
They discovered that a wind-whipped, dusty surface has a measurable effect on the amount of sunlight that is reflected by the planet. The results of this research show that an increase in darkened surface areas may account for a one degree Fahrenheit rise in the surface air temperature of the planet.
First Likely Marsquake Heard by NASA‘s InSight
This video and audio illustrates a seismic event detected by NASA‘s InSight on April 6, 2019, the 128th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Three distinct kinds of sounds can be heard, all of them detected as ground vibrations by the spacecraft‘s seismometer, called the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS): There‘s noise from Martian wind; the seismic event itself; and the spacecraft‘s robotic arm as it moves to take pictures.
Mars: Sonde „Insight“ zeichnet erstmals Geräusche des Planeten auf
„Insight“ ist ein 360 Kilogramm schwerer Roboter, der nicht rollt, sondern an einem Ort bleibt. Die insgesamt rund 650 Millionen Euro teure Mission ist auf zwei Jahre angelegt.
NASA-Roboter „InSight“ auf Mars gelandet
In den kommenden zwei Jahren soll der stationäre Roboter den Planeten erforschen. Dafür hat er ein wichtiges Modul aus Deutschland an Bord.
NASA‘s InSight probe lands on Mars
After seven months of traveling through space, the NASA InSight mission has landed on Mars.
NASA unveils new goals for Moon, Mars, including space privatization
(1.10.2018) These certainly mean more dollars headed toward research and development; while the original Apollo and other missions were government-funded and ultimately fell under the purview of the military (indeed, one of the primary stated goals of the Gemini and Apollo programs was to lessen the „Missile gap“ between the United States and the Soviet Union), this new concept relies heavily on private investment, corporate involvement and funding, and the eventual mining and financial rewards of „exploration and use“ of the lunar and Mars surfaces.
Der Mond als Marktplatz
Jarzombek wiederum hat die Forcierung eines Weltraumgesetzes angekündigt, das die Haftungsrisiken der Weltraumindustrie mindern soll, etwa bei Schäden, die durch Fehlstarts oder Satellitenkollisionen entstünden. Ziel der Gesetzesinitative sei es, „dass unsere Regeln nicht schlechter sind als die anderer europäischer Länder“, erklärt der Raumfahrtkoordinator der Bundesregierung. Jarzombek schwebt eine Art „Space-Hermes“ vor: „Eine Versicherung nach dem Muster der staatlichen Hermes-Exportkreditversicherung.“
Learn how Curiosity takes #selfies with no arm in the shot. #curiosity #selfie #camera #science #rover #mars #NASA #JPL
Watch the full video about Curiosity‘s cameras here:
The Curiosity Rover took this selfie in the middle of a dust storm on Mars
It‘s a composite shot, essentially.
The dust storm has sadly taken down Opportunity, the other Mars rover. Opportunity has been active on Mars for 15 years and NASA is hopeful it will survive the storm.
I‘m on my own now. Separation from the upper stage of my #AtlasV rocket is confirmed. This marks the beginning of my 6-month journey to #Mars. See launch blog:
Mars Cube One Demo
All previous CubeSats have orbited the Earth. MarCO is the first attempt to go to another planet. By verifying that the technologies for interplanetary missions are feasible and can be developed on a short timeline, this test mission could lead to many other SmallSat applications for exploring our solar system. Some could provide similar support functions as „carry your own“ relay providers. Others could have primary scientific research functions of their own, such as radio transmissions through planetary atmospheres, imaging with small cameras, observations with other miniaturized instruments, or in-place measurements of space environments.
Liftoff of InSight
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT) from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying NASA‘s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, Mars lander. InSight will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface. It will study the planet‘s interior by measuring its heat output and listen for marsquakes.