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Tag Archives: Space Exploration

Curiosity Mars Rover Landing

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 14, 2020 by balrogSeptember 14, 2020

An animation depicting key events of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) mission, which launched in Nov. of 2011 and landed on Mars in Aug. of 2012 using an innovative (and frightening) “Sky Crane” to place the rover on Mars’ surface. … Continue reading →

Tagged Curiosity Rover, Landing, Mars, NASA, Sky Crane, Space Exploration

Building and Launching Rockets with Kerbal Space Program – Bob Trembley

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on August 15, 2020 by balrogSeptember 10, 2020

Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a space flight simulation video game that allows you to build rockets, space planes, satellites, landers and rovers. The developers of KSP have partnered with both NASA and the ESA to bring real-life missions and … Continue reading →

Tagged Bob Trembley, FridayAATB2020, Kerbal Space Program, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight

Mars – Past, Present and Future – Dr. Dale Partin

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on August 6, 2020 by balrogSeptember 10, 2020

Deep in the past, Mars was a warm, wet world, similar to the Earth today. It may have had primitive life. But as Earth was becoming a nice place for life, Mars was becoming a cold desert, with almost no … Continue reading →

Tagged Dr. Dale Partin, FridayAATB2020, Future, History, Mars, Space Exploration
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