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.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Take off from Mars by Pat Rawlings
Picture of the Day 25/4/15 - Spaceship taking off from Mars (1990) by space illustrator Pat Rawlings. His description about this drawing you can read here.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
View from Mars orbit by Ludovic Celle
Picture of the Day 14/4/15 - View from the window of spaceship in Mars orbit by French graphic artist Ludovic Celle.
More of his Mars art here.
More of his Mars art here.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Terraforming Mars by William Black
The gradual terraformation of Mars as it would be seen from space (by William Black). More of his space concept art here.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Space elevator from Mars by Peter Elson
Picture of the Day 28/3/15 - Space elevator from Mars by classical space illustrator Peter Elson. More of his paintings here.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Mars explorer by Erik van Helvoirt
Picture of the Day 21/3/15 - Mars exploration rover by Erik van Helvoirt from Netherlands. More of his concept art here.
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Monday, March 9, 2015
Mars base by Walter Myers
Picture of the Day 9/3/15 - Mars outpost habitat near Martian mesa by sci-fi artist Walter Myers. Watch more of his art here.
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