01 April 2020
The Atlas of Mars
... oceans of Earth, but a glance at this book could have you believing it. Following the publication, in 1979, of a global atlas based on Viking Orbiter photography, our knowledge of Mars was enhanced by the release of a global geological map in 1986...
23 April 2018
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration, Vols 1 & 2
... a history of Mars exploration, the most important differentiating factor (its USP if you like) is its presentation “in atlas format”. As the author states in his preface, it is “primarily a book of maps, a book about places”. As a result, in leafing...
04 February 2022
NASA’s real-life “Don’t Look Up” programme
... impact hazard to Earth. Now involving four telescopes, ATLAS has expanded its reach to the southern hemisphere from ... Coordination Office. “With the addition of these two telescopes, ATLAS is now capable of searching the entire dark sky every 24...
30 July 2020
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully blasts off to Mars
...rover mission successfully launched toward Mars atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral... 11:52 GMT, the solid rocket booster helping the Atlas V launch the Mars rover separated from the booster...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
... seemed to taunt its competitors in the report as it stated; “Starliner flies on the most reliable lifter in the business, an Atlas V modified for human spaceflight safety by people with actual experience in the domain. The spacecraft touches back...
15 July 2015
ULA Atlas V blasts off from Cape Canaveral with GPS IIF-10 – and shows how SpaceX needs a longer track record
...a hitch. This is the 55th successful launch for ULA’s Atlas V rocket. The GPS IIF-10 satellite it carries is a... U.S. military’s Global Positioning System. Perhaps most importantly, today’s Atlas V launch shows that when it comes to dealing a risk-...
