We are getting back to Moon – With Moon Satellite Navigation System
These days we are standing before the next huge step in the Solar System exploration. And this next important step will be returning to the Moon.
Category: Planetary science
How the planetary systems were born
Our solar system began to form about 4.6 billion years ago. Astronomers think small rocky and icy grains within the solar nebula began sticking together, growing into even larger objects. Although the process remains poorly understood, solid objects miles or more across eventually populated the disk. Astronomers call these bodies planetesimals. Within a million years…
Mars, the red planet: Facts and information
Once upon a time, though, wind and water flowed across the red planet. Robotic rovers have found clear evidence that billions of years ago, lakes and rivers of liquid water coursed across the red...
Odyssey captures huge volcano
The recent horizon imaging was conceived as an experiment many years ago during the landings of NASA’s Phoenix mission in 2008 and the Curiosity rover in 2012. As with other Mars landings before and...
Mars and history of its observations
The Greek god of war is named after Ares, who is the son of Zeus and Hera. God of fierce fighting and endless killing. The striking red color of the planet was already identified...
LTC – Moon’s timezone
According to the memorandum published recently by the White House’s representative responsible for the science and technology policy, the Moon will have its time zone or better said – its own time.
Mars Exploration Digest: July 2023 (info for readers)
The July 2023 edition of the Mars Exploration Digest will be published in the coming week.
Mars Exploration Digest: Issue June 2023
A regular monthly digest of Mars research news for June 2023. PDF: Issue 9, Volume 2, ISSN 2788-225X.
