12,000mph to Zero in Seven Minutes
It’s not just a big day for race fans, its a big day for science and space enthusiasts. In August of last year the Mars Phoenix Explorer left Earth to start its journey to Mars. Its mission is to...
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Phoenix is Go
We are at just under four hours before Phoenix lands on the surface of Mars. I am checking periodically at the Phoenix mission control website in anticipation of this event. Martian weather is clear...
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The View From Mars
The Phoenix robotic explorer has been on Mars now for about 27 hours after an incredibly successful entry, descent and landing. It has been very busy. Incredible images are already streaming to Earth,...
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On Mars, Phoenix Scores Big
This image is the result of the Mars Phoenix mission team instructing the robotic arm camera to look under the vehicle. What you are looking at is the surface of Mars, and it shows that the Martian...
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Follow The Water
The Phoenix Mars mission team released some incredible news on June 20th. The Phoenix Mars explorer, since landing on Mars on May 25th, had definitively established that the white material exposed...
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Echus Chasma: A Martian Grand Canyon
Definitely a highlight of my rather long day today was seeing these images taken by the ESA’s Mars Express robotic probe. The images depict the Echus Chasma series of canyons mentioned in the title,...
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Biggest Canyon in The Solar System
More incredible imagery from Mars. This time it is a nice detail image of Ius Chasma, an area within Valles Marineris which is believed to be the largest canyon in the solar system. This recently...
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