Spacecraft destined for Mars have so far used the Hohmann transfer to achieve an orbit about the red planet.
Jan 24th: Ballistic Capture & 3 PHAs Discovered In A Single Night
Al Grauer Archive
Jan 17th: A Dwarf Water Planet in Our Solar System & Rose’s First Asteroid
Today we have stories about the dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid 2014 YW14 discovered by Rose Matheny
Jan 10th: Green Meteors & A Banner Year For Asteroid Hunters
In 2014 asteroids hunters discovered more than 1,450 Earth approaching objects making it the most productive year yet.
Jan 3rd: Eighteen Sleeps Later & Asteroids Accessible By Human Space
Today is about New Horizons trip to Kuiper Belt object and asteroid 2014 TW
Dec 27th: Mining Asteroids & How Close Will It Come To Us?
Science fiction writers have long imagined human space colonies which use the resources they find. Dana Stabenow’s Star Svensdotter Series is an excellent recent example.
Dec 20th: A New Chapter In The Human Exploration Of Space & Your Reality Fueled Spacecraft
The first unmanned test flight of the new NASA Orion Spacecraft went perfectly. And the story of Eyes on The Solar System to explore the solar system and beyond
Dec 13th: Small Asteroids in Earth-like Orbits & Jupiter Trojan Confusion
The discovery of 10 foot diameter asteroid using University of Arizona 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon.
Dec 6th: Navigating the Earth/Moon Dance & Little Asteroid On An Inside Track
Some months the asteroid hunting community finds more than a half dozen small asteroids that pass closer to the Earth than our Moon.
Nov 29th: Peppered By Space Rocks & Where Extension Cords Can’t Reach
“We now know that Earth’s atmosphere does a great job of protecting Earth from small asteroids”.
Nov 22nd: : A Large Strange One & Small Objects Visiting Our Neighborhood
The discovery of new centaur near Neptune and 5 asteroids that come closer than the Moon