Boris Nikitin
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3 days ago · Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and the seventh in size and mass. It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky. There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today.
- The Atmosphere
Mars - Atmosphere, Climate, Dust Storms: The Dutch American...
- Basic Astronomical Data
Mars - Red Planet, Orbit, Moons: Mars is the fourth planet...
- Human Exploration
Mars - Exploration, Rovers, Astronauts: Human exploration is...
- Atmospheric Structure
Mars - Atmosphere, Structure, Composition: The vertical...
- Sparsely Cratered Plains
Mars - Sparsely-Cratered, Plains, Exploration: The smaller...
- Spacecraft Exploration
Mars - Spacecraft, Exploration, Missions: Since the...
- Outflow Channels and Oceans
Mars - Outflow Channels, Oceans, Geology: Large flood...
- Southern Cratered Highlands
Mars - Southern Highlands, Craters, Exploration: The number...
- The Atmosphere
4 days ago · Learn everything you need to know about Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest in the Solar System. Find out about its size, orbit, seasons, atmosphere, moons, missions, and more.
1 day ago · ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured the newly released photos on December 13, 2023. The satellite has been circling the Red Planet on an elliptical orbit for more than two decades.
3 days ago · Mars - Red Planet, Orbit, Moons: Mars is the fourth planet out from the Sun. It moves around the Sun at a mean distance of 228 million km (140 million miles), or about 1.5 times the distance of Earth from the Sun.
3 days ago · Mars - Spacecraft, Exploration, Missions: Since the beginning of the space age, Mars has been a focus of planetary exploration for three main reasons: (1) it is the most Earth-like of the planets; (2) other than Earth, it is the planet most likely to have developed indigenous life; and (3) it will probably be the first ...
4 days ago · The four volunteers who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their ground-based home on Saturday, July 6. NASA will provide live coverage of the crew’s exit from the habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 5 p.m. EDT. NASA will stream the activity, which will ...
1 day ago · Previously, radio occultation was conducted using the radio link from a Mars orbiter to large ground stations on Earth. The radio signal from the orbiter would be monitored as the spacecraft ‘set’ (was occulted) behind Mars, meaning the signal passed through the layers of the planet’s atmosphere.
