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Original “Star Trek” star William Shatner launched into space for real today aboard a Blue Origin rocketship on a suborbital trip and landed in the Texas desert today becoming at age 90 the oldest person ever in space. Continue reading “To Boldly Go Where Few Have Gone Before”
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| Mars selfie courtesy of NASA’s InSight |
NASA shares the first images of the InSight spacecraft after the probe successfully landed on the surface of Mars.
The robot spacecraft snapped the image of itself making this the first-ever selfie from Mars.
The exploration of Mars continues with this 8th successful landing on the red planet since the Viking probes in 1976.
InSight has company, by the way, NASA’s Curiosity rover is still running around Mars gathering information as it has since landing in 2012.
According to CBS News, InSight will operate from its stationary site for the next two years, which is the length of a Martian year. The InSight mission will study the early evolution of terrestrial planets.
There’s a quiet beauty here. Looking forward to exploring my new home. #MarsLanding pic.twitter.com/mfClzsfJJr— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) November 27, 2018
Aaah…soaking up the Sun with my solar panels. 🌞 After a long flight, and thrilling #MarsLanding, it feels great to get a good stretch and recharge my batteries. (Like, literally.) It’s just what I’ll need to really start getting in tune with #Mars. https://t.co/yse3VEst3G pic.twitter.com/LpsiI0KNNz— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) November 27, 2018
What an accomplishment. @NASAInSight marks the eighth time in human history we have successfully landed on Mars.The best of @NASA is yet to come, and it is coming soon. https://t.co/7xPjzbqyF1 #MarsLanding pic.twitter.com/Yh3kBufHou
— Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) November 26, 2018