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InSight Mission to Mars
Our InSight mission will place a fixed science outpost on Mars to study its deep interior. Findings and research from this project will address one of the most fundamental questions we have about planetary and solar system science – How in the world did these rocky planets form?
By investigating the interior structure and processes of Mars, the InSight mission will gain a better understanding of the evolutionary formation of planets, including Earth.
InSight will record Mars’ vital signs to learn more about the planet, including:
Seismic Activity:
A seismometer will be used to record the seismic activity on Mars. This will give us information on the crust, mantel and core; and the relationship between them.
Temperature:
A heat flow probe will be used to take Mars’ temperature and determine the change over the course of a full Martian year.
Reflexes:
By looking at how the rotation of Mars wobbles, we will better understand what the core size may be and its composition.
Launch for the InSight mission is scheduled for March 2016, and even though you can’t physically travel with the lander, you can send your name to the Red Planet onboard. Make sure to submit your name before Sept. 8!
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Nearly two years after a privately built Antares rocket crashed and exploded, the booster's builder Orbital ATK is ready to return to flight. Tonight (Oct. 16), an upgraded version of the Antares rocket will soar into the sky above Virginia's Eastern Shore, a nightttime launch that could be visible to potentially millions of observers up and down the U.S. East Coast, weather permitting. The Antares rocket will launch Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft on a NASA cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is set for 8:03 p.m. EDT (0003 Oct. 17 GMT) from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. You can watch a webcast of the launch herebeginning at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT), courtesy of NASA TV. Advertisemen
Vote for Space at SXSW 2017
We need your help! There are a number of exciting space-related panels proposed for next year’s South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. SXSW is a community-driven event and voting accounts for 30% of the decision-making process for any given programming slot. The selection process is extremely competitive and the more votes we submit for the space panels, the more likely a panel related to space exploration will be included in the final SXSW program.
To help you out as you consider what to vote for, we’ve put together a list of all the NASA-related panel proposals.
These proposals look at ways we explore the solar system and beyond:
New Eyes on our Home System: NASA’s Next Telescope
Dark Energy and Exoplanets: NASA’s WFIRST Mission
Capturing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Lessons from the Fringes of the Solar System
Into the Unknown: The People Behind Webb Telescope
These proposals looks at how we’re using out-of-this-world tech and data to create incredible experiences here on Earth and helping solve challenges through your participation:
Space 360: Experience NASA Missions in VR/AR/video
The Power of Many: Wisdom from the Crowd
It’s Time to Ask More of Open Data
A little closer to home, this proposal explores our work to study and observe our dynamic home world, Earth:
NASA - Doing Work to Keep it Cool
We want to send humans on a journey to Mars. How? These proposals would dive into this question and more:
So you want to go to Mars?
Humans, Robots + Microbes: The Challenge of Mars
“Because They Are Hard”: NASA & Mars
Lastly, we’re proposing a meetup for NASA and the entire space community at SXSW 2017:
Space Meetup
Community voting and commenting for SXSW 2017 is open through September 2, 2016.
We look forward to seeing you in Austin in March at the SXSW Interactive Festival. Thanks!
What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are thePinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sizedpicturesque spires formed remains unknown. In the background, just past the end of the central Pinnacle, is a bright crescent Moon. The eerie glow around the Moon is mostly zodiacal light, sunlight reflected by dust grains orbiting between the planets in the Solar System. Arching across the top is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Many famous stars and nebula are also visible in the background night sky. The featured 29-panel panorama was taken and composed last September after detailed planning that involved the Moon, the rock spires, and their corresponding shadows. Even so, the strong zodiacal light was a pleasant surprise. Image Credit: Michael Goh
William Shatner pictured hours after the death of Leonard Nimoy @MailOnline
When magnetic ferrofluid comes in contact with a magnetic object, it becomes a moving sculpture that reflects the shape of the object’s magnetic field. Source
Want to take a relaxing interstellar vacation? Consider visiting Kepler-16b, a world in a binary star system. In fact Kepler-16b is the first discovered circumbinary planet. It was detected in a wide 229 day orbit around a close pair of cool, low-mass stars some 200 light-years away. The parent stars eclipse one another in their orbits, observed as a dimming of starlight. But Kepler-16b itself was discovered by following the additional very slight dimming produced during its transits. Like sci-fi planet Tatooine of Star Wars fame, two suns would set over its horizon. Still, Kepler 16b is probably not a Tatooine-like terrestrial desert world. Instead, Kepler 16b is thought to be a cold, uninhabitable planet with about the mass of Saturn and a gaseous surface ... so plan to dress accordingly. Or, choose another Visions of the Future vacation destination. For image credit and copyright guidance, please visit the image websitehttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap160220.html
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