There’s a surprising variety of rocky material in the Solar System, and each object has a story to tell about the history and formation of the planets, moons and other rocky bodies.
Tag: phobos
Dec 22nd: Want To Explore Mars? Send Humans To The Moons Of Mars First
Humans to Mars. That’s the plan right? The problem is that sending humans down to the surface of Mars is one of the most complicated and ambitious goals that we can attempt. But there are two places humans can go which are a stepping stone between Earth and Mars. Phobos & Deimos.
Jun 28th: Exploring The Far Side & Martian Rolling Stones
Two stories for today: The Apollo 8 astronauts were the first to view the Moon’s hidden side with the unaided eye & Mars’s tiny moon Phobos has strange track-like groves crisscrossing it.
Feb 28th: Time In Cosmology is Taking Up Space
A large exoplanet: K2-18b, Mars Insight probe news, mission to Phobos, and discussion about how Taking up Space introduces STEM is fun for girls.