A Mars Greenhouse in VR
We have completed the production of a new Mars Station with a Greenhouse in VR.
China’s Chang’e 5 capsule lands on Earth with the 1st new moon samples in 44 years
For the first time in more than four decades, humanity has brought moon rocks down to Earth.A capsule loaded with lunar dirt and gravel landed in Inner Mongolia today (Dec. 16) at 12:59 p.m. EST (1759 GMT), capping China’s historic and whirlwind Chang’e 5 mission. The Chang’e 5 samples should provide a new window into…
Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
Researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars’ surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes. These eight scarps, with slopes as steep as 55 degrees, reveal new information about the internal layered structure of previously detected underground ice sheets in Mars’ middle latitudes. Credit NASA
Second number of The Mars Planet Report
The second number of our Mars Planet Report (in Italian only) is on line. You can download directly from our website: www.marsplanet.org
China’s Chang’e-5 Moon mission probe touches down
China has successfully put another probe on the Moon. Its robotic Chang’e-5 mission touched down a short while ago with the aim of collecting samples of rock and dust to bring back to Earth. Unlike the launch of the mission a week ago, the landing was not covered live by Chinese TV channels. The US…