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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)160 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/13/12 at 11:00Ufologo: (Non ci faranno vedere nulla di pi? di quanto gi? ...
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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)160 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/13/12 at 08:39broken: spiega x favore paolo .. :)
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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)160 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/13/12 at 08:30Anakin: Quando fai cos? Paolo te darei 'na susta sui ...
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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)160 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/13/12 at 07:40paolocf1963: Per ora si: le immagini ravvicinate, sono qualitat...
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SOL0003-ML0000095000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-1.jpgExtremely unusually-looking Rock: "The Pregnant Rock" - Sol 3 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Research: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)100 visiteUn plauso al Primo Lettore che azzarda una (almeno) ragionevole spiegazione sulla Geologia e la Morfologia di questa "roccia"!MareKromium08/13/12 at 07:22Anakin: io da ignorante in materia darei tutta la colpa al...
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SOL0003-ML0000090000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-3.jpgExtremely unusually-looking Rock: "The Helmet" - Sol 3 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Research: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)135 visite...Senza parole... Anzi, qualcuna l'abbiamo: in primo luogo, le fattezze di questa "roccia" sono DAVVERO inusuali e, in secondo luogo, se questa "roccia" l'avessero vista i Signori di Enterprise Mission (Hoagland & C.), state pur certi che ci avrebbero già costruito sopra un castello. Di stupidaggini, ovviamente.
Noi, come sempre, ci fermiamo a dire "Caspita: è davvero strana!". La NASA, invece, queste "rocce" nemmeno le vede...
Sempre GRANDI COMPLIMENTI al nostro Dr Barca!MareKromium08/13/12 at 07:21Anakin: Dai tempo a Hoagland di vederla e di costruirci un...
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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)160 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/13/12 at 07:17Anakin: Aridaje! Nel senso: sono io che sto invecchiando o...
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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)160 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/12/12 at 16:26MareKromium: Una volta, un nostro ex-Compagno di Viaggio disse ...
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SOL0001-PIA16005.jpgThe Ultimate Destination: "Mount Sharp" - Sol 1 (RAW Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)125 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/08/12 at 20:13Anakin: Questa immagine ? pessima. Comunque ritornano le d...
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SOL0001-PIA16005.jpgThe Ultimate Destination: "Mount Sharp" - Sol 1 (RAW Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)125 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/08/12 at 11:47paolocf1963: ...diciamo che "dipende". All'Equato...
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SOL0001-PIA16005.jpgThe Ultimate Destination: "Mount Sharp" - Sol 1 (RAW Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)125 visitenessun commentoMareKromium08/08/12 at 10:00broken: molto luminoso marte
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SOL0001-PIA15971.jpgWelcome to Gale Crater! (First Light) - Sol 1 (RAW b/w Original NASA Frame; credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)116 visiteNASA's most advanced Mars Rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton Rover, hanging by ropes from a Rocket Backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Spacecraft that carried Curiosity succeeded in every step of the most complex landing ever attempted on Mars, including the final severing of the bridle cords and flyaway maneuver of the Rocket Backpack.
"Today, the wheels of Curiosity have begun to blaze the trail for human footprints on Mars. Curiosity, the most sophisticated Rover ever built, is now on the Surface of the Red Planet, where it will seek to answer age-old questions about whether life ever existed on Mars - or if the Planet can sustain life in the future", said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "This is an amazing achievement, made possible by a team of scientists and engineers from around the world and led by the extraordinary men and women of NASA and our Jet Propulsion Laboratory. President Obama has laid out a bold vision for sending humans to Mars in the mid-2030's, and today's landing marks a significant step toward achieving this goal".
Curiosity landed at 10:32 p.m. Aug. 5, PDT, (01:32 a.m. EDT Aug. 6, 2012) near the foot of a Mountain 3 (three) miles tall and 96 miles in diameter inside Gale Crater. During a nearly two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether the region ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life.
"The Seven Minutes of Terror has turned into the Seven Minutes of Triumph", said NASA Associate Administrator for Science John Grunsfeld. "My immense joy in the success of this mission is matched only by overwhelming pride I feel for the women and men of the mission's team".
Curiosity returned its first view of Mars, a wide-angle scene of Rocky Ground near the front of the Rover. More images are anticipated in the next several days as the mission blends observations of the Landing Site with activities to configure the Rover for work and check the performance of its instruments and mechanisms.
"Our Curiosity is talking to us from the surface of Mars", said MSL Project Manager Peter Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "The landing takes us past the most hazardous moments for this project, and begins a new and exciting mission to pursue its scientific objectives."
Confirmation of Curiosity's successful landing came in communications relayed by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter and received by the Canberra, Australia, antenna station of NASA's Deep Space Network.
Curiosity carries 10 science instruments with a total mass 15 times as large as the science payloads on the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Some of the tools are the first of their kind on Mars, such as a laser-firing instrument for checking elemental composition of rocks from a distance. The rover will use a drill and scoop at the end of its robotic arm to gather soil and powdered samples of rock interiors, then sieve and parcel out these samples into analytical laboratory instruments inside the Rover.
This is the first image taken by NASA's Curiosity Rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). It was taken through a "fisheye" wide-angle lens on one of the Rover's Rear Left Hazard-Avoidance Cameras at one-quarter of full resolution. The camera is the left eye of a stereo pair positioned at the back left, or port, side of the Rover.
The Clear Dust Cover on the camera is still on in this view, and dust can be seen around its edge, along with three cover fasteners. One of the Rover's wheels is in the lower right corner. As planned, the Rover's early engineering images are lower resolution. Larger color images are expected later in the week when the Rover's Mast, carrying high-resolution cameras, is deployed.MareKromium08/07/12 at 11:07broken: parole sante!
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