TIS#030 03/24/15 Mars Exploration: What have the Rovers found?
- Author
- Alexander G. Orphanos
- Published
- Tue 24 Mar 2015
- Episode Link
- https://pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/todayinspace/TodayInSpace-MarsExploration03_24_15.m4a
Alex brings you the history of mankind's exploration of the Red Planet, Mars. He goes through the decades and explains how we got to Mars, what we did wrong and what we did right. He also briefly describes the scientific findings that have changed our perception of Mars.
Enjoy the history of Mars Exploration through the decades in a "Lightning Round".
"Hyperfun", "Maccary Bay", "Raw", "RetroFuture Clean", "Son of a Rocket" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Enjoy a moment with Astronaut Scott Kelly, before he takes off into Space for his year long mission THIS FRIDAY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4RyD18qyjA Space Links:- MER- Spirit & Opportunity Overview http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/index.html#.VQjcRWZAmhw
- Pictures taken by Spirit & Opportunity http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery.cfm?Category=Spacecraft&Mission=MER&ImageOf=0
- MSL Curiosity Rover:
- Curiosity Landing Animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwinFP8_qIM
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NASA Reacts To Mars Curiosity Rover Landing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUJdzMHwmM
- Why does it look like Curiosity's 'Selfie' pictures are taken by something else? Where is the arm in the picture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2rwWECbEHg&feature=youtu.be&t=2m45s
- Radiation levels http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/mars-rover-curiosity-pia17601.html#.VQnDVmZAmhw
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Testing to Diagnose Power Event in Mars Rover http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1783
- Volatiles released in Cumberland rock sample http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/mars-rover-curiosity-pia17599.html#.VQnDnWZAmhw
- NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4413
- NASA, Microsoft Collaboration Will Allow Scientists to 'Work on Mars' http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4451
- "The Curiosity data released today includes succinct summaries of each sol's activities thru 804. Download table here:" Thanks to @elakdawalla http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=7613&view=findpost&p=218955 …
- Brief History of Mars Missions: http://www.space.com/13558-historic-mars-missions.html?cmpid=514648_20150318_42287936&adbid=578314989309534208&adbpl=tw&adbpr=15431856
