A given piece of ground on Mars receives several times more space rock impacts than a similar sized area on Earth. And NASA plans to fly a drone-like aircraft called Dragonfly around the surface of Titan.
April of 2021 delivers a few mornings and a few evenings of lunar close encounters, as well as a meteor shower, as we stay up later to get those dark skies.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the April 2021 Night Sky and places a focus on sky events like the Lyrid meteor shower and a possible telescopic comet coming into view.
Time for new roundup! @WSHCrew will discuss about the source of zodiacal light, Mars water, Volantids meteor shower, and more.
Woo hoo! Another Mars rover! More robots on Mars.
Hosted by Charles Fulco and Andy Poniros of Cosmic Perspective Radio. They talk at length with guests about the marvelous new Mars rover, Perseverance during its landing!
The sunshine is coming! March may be bringing some shorter nights and daylight savings time, but the sunshine and warmth during the daytime is very much appreciated! This month Mars dominates the evening sky with Taurus and the Pleiades, and Saturn, Jupiter, and Mercury dance in the morning twilight.
Perseverance is NASA’s latest robot to explore Mars and it will land gently onto the lakebed floor of Jezero crater at 3:55 PM EST. Perseverance carry Ingenuity helicopter to Mars and it will prepare sample return for future mission.
The landing site of the Perseverance rover is part of Mars’ watery past, and may hold the signatures of past Martian life. Perseverance lands on Mars February 18.
Mars, Mars and, oh yeah, Mars! Today episode will discuss about Mars mission, water on Mars, and weird landslides on Mars.