Wednesday, May 6, 2015
5 spacecraft currently orbiting Mars
In a recent article "Traffic around Mars gets busy" the NASA/JPL summed up some facts about spacecraft currently orbiting Mars. The most interesting is the provided graphic of their orbits around Mars (together with planet's two natural satellites Phobos & Deimos):
So there are 5 active Mars orbiters currently orbiting the planet:
Monday, May 4, 2015
Basic facts about Mars in a video by Crash Course
The most basic facts about Mars in a popular science video by Phil Plait, Crash Course. More of Crash Course educational videos about Astronomy you can watch here.
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