NASA's latest Mars lander is having problems with one of its main instruments — a self-hammering probe that just can't seem to hammer itself into the interplanetary dirt. Over the weekend, the probe was attempting to dig itself into the Martian soil when it popped out of the ground unexpectedly . Now, NASA engineers are trying to troubleshoot to see if they can get this instrument to burrow underneath Mars' surface as intended.
The probe belongs to NASA's InSight lander , a robot the size of a small car that landed on Mars in November of 2018 . InSight's goal is to figure out what Mars' insides are made of, and the lander has two primary tools that it uses to "peer inside" the planet! Videos for The Self-hammering Probe On NASA's Mars 1:48 NASA's Mars Insight 'Mole' is Stuck - Fixes Proposed YouTube!! Its main instrument is a seismometer, tuned to listen for marsquakes or vibrations in the crust of Mars. These quakes act a bit like ultrasounds; the waves pass through the core of the planet, carrying details about what kinds of materials are trapped inside! The self-hammering probe on NASA's Mars lander can't seem ...www.wopular.com/ ...probe - nasa 's- mars ...The self-hammering probe on NASA's Mars lander can't seem to actually dig into the ground NASA's latest Mars lander is having problems with one of its main instruments — a self-hammering probe that just can't seem to hammer itself into the interplanetary dirt.!! So far, InSight's seismometer has detected about 100 vibration events, 21 of which are suspected to be quakes.
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Off-World Series-- NASA's 'Astros' Play Baseball on Space Station (Video) | Space
Jessica Meir, Christina Koch and Drew Morgan played a little baseball aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently to celebrate the ongoing Fall Classic, which pits the Washington Nationals against the Houston Astros.
In a bit of off-Earth fun that the TV network Fox worked into its World Series coverage , Meir tossed a pitch to Morgan and caught the line drive that he smacked back at her. Koch then grabbed a microphone, turned to the camera and said, "From all of us on the International Space Station, as we prepare to send the first woman and the next man to the surface of the moon, we say, 'We are proud to be from Houston, home of the astronaut corps'"
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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Drew Morgan and Christina Koch play some baseball on the International Space Station in October 2019 to celebrate the World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros.
NASA Hubble telescope eyes creepy space 'face' for Halloween - CNET
What looks like a deformed skull or a ghostly alien face is actually two galaxies in the process of colliding with each other.
This spooky space facade won't last forever. The two galaxies will eventually merge, but that's 1 or 2 billion years away from happening! Flipboard: The self-hammering probe on NASA's Mars lander ...flipboard.com/@theverge/ ...hammering - ...nasa 's- ...can...NASA's latest Mars lander is having problems with one of its main instruments — a self-hammering probe that just can't seem to hammer itself into the interplanetary dirt. Over the weekend, the probe was attempting to dig itself into the Martian soil when it popped out of the ground unexpectedly. …!! We're just lucky to see this cosmic cosplay in action.
NASA posts photo of the sun looking like a giant flaming jack-o'-lantern - CNN
(CNN) If you thought the super blood wolf moon was scary, you haven't seen what the sun is capable of.
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NASA on Sunday got into the Halloween spirit and posted an image of the sun that resembled a flaming jack-o’-lantern.
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The space agency said the photo was taken on Oct. 8, 2014 by its Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite. The flares that are visible are ultraviolet light from its active regions.
"The active regions in this image appear brighter because those are areas that emit more light and energy," the statement read. "They are markers of an intense and complex set of magnetic fields hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona! NASA's Push to Save the Mars InSight Lander's Heat Probe www.jpl.nasa.gov ...NASA's InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars , positioned its robotic arm this past weekend to assist the spacecraft 's self-hammering heat probe . Known as "the mole," the probe has been unable to dig more than about 14 inches (35 centimeters) since it began burying itself into the ground on Feb. 28, 2019 .!! This image blends together two sets of extreme ultraviolet wavelengths…typically colorized in gold and yellow, to create a particularly Halloween-like appearance.”
Should Pluto Be A Planet Again? 13 Years After Being Demoted NASA Boss Wants 'Dwarf Planet' Back
A near-true-color image taken by New Horizons after its flyby. Numerous layers of blue haze float in ... [+] Pluto's atmosphere! NASA's Push to Save the Mars InSight Lander's Heat Probe ...mars . nasa .gov/news/8518/ ...the- ...probe /...NASA's InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars , positioned its robotic arm this past weekend to assist the spacecraft 's self-hammering heat probe . Known as "the mole," the probe has been unable to dig more than about 14 inches (35 centimeters) since it began burying itself into the ground on Feb. 28, 2019 .!! Along and near the limb, mountains and their shadows are visible.
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It's been over a decade since Pluto was relegated from being the ninth planet in the solar system and deemed to be a mere "dwarf planet" by astronomers, but NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine says he wants it re-instated.
"I am here to tell you, as the NASA administrator, I believe Pluto is a planet," said Bridenstine during a keynote on the final day of the International Astronautical Congress in Washington, D.C. on October 25.
This composite of enhanced color images of Pluto (lower right) and its moon Charon (upper left), was ... [+] taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft as it passed through the Pluto system on July 14, 2015.
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