Tag Archive: Mars


TGIF- Happy wiggle your toes day!

One ,Two, Three Wiggle!

Your in complete control of those digits, no one else has that power; so go for it .Wiggle away ,its good for the soul, and the laces.

Arnold Palmer shoes left behind…

Duffer..

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File photo KDG

Be kind , be glad , be smart.

On this Day: August 6th 1996

Nasa says a meteor from Mars has primitive life forms evidence in it.

Mars Lander Persy

Four PM Eastern time Nasa lander to land.

About 4PM Eastern time the 420 seconds of terror by Nasa control will be over one way or another. There is a 50 percent success rate of landings on Mars and tis coordinated 3 nation endeavor UAE, China, and Nasa will Play out as “Persy”” comes from orbit speed to touchdown by an ancient lake.

On this Day: February 18th 1814

The battle of Montereau.

Mars landing February 18th 2021…

Three nations landing probes.

China, UAE, and the US are all landing probes on the Red planet this week The UAE beat China to go into orbit on the 9th and at this writing all three landers are in orbit about Mars. The UAE probe is named Hope, China calls theirs Tianwen 1, The US handle is perseverance .

Mars coming back…

One of the goals of the mission is to harvest rocks to be available for a future mission to return to earth with them. Chemical content is valuable to research the possibility of a different atmosphere over time.

Lava tubes…

There is an interest in finding lava tubes on Mars. The ones on earth are made when lava flows harden on the outside leaving a tube like place. The tubes may contain ice protected from the sun and lack of atmosphere.

October 1st 1958 NASA open for business...
Click for photo /File Photo KDG

Good luck

Good luck to all three nations…

On this Day: February 16th 1899

Iceland gets a football club.

COVID 19, BC update live…

The pandemic started in 2019 with reports coming out of China about an outbreak in a large manufacturing city. The city had wet wildlife markets as well as a pollution base that made it popular to wear face masks. There is no substance to rumors of the virus being made in a lab.

The virus acts like a cold however the infection goes for the lower respiratory system and can result in long painful treatment including ventilators and induced comas.

The death rate varies from place to place but it has a pension to overwhelm hospital and civic resources.

There is a wide expectation of vaccines to deal with this this new virus by 2021. Safety, effectiveness, distribution, and antibody resilience are issues.

Prevention can be as simple as that for common cold and many people do not have severe cases.

Good luck and carry on…

On this Day: August 6th 2012

The Curiosity Rover makes Mars its home.

NASA Launch

On this Day: July 30th 762

Bagdad is founded.

NASA LAUNCH GOOD DAY FOR ALL MANKND ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG.

Slim moon to sweep by Mars, May 7th…

The young moon will sweep by Mars the next few days in the west.

In the western sky the slim moon will help you find Mars. Look to the Western sky around twilight as the young slip of a moon passes Mars.

On this Day: May 7th 1976

The Honda Accord personal motor Vehicle launched.

Personal Motor Vehicle manufacture

Mars closest since 2003…

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Animation of the blood moon  File  photo KDG

The red planet  is visible to the naked eye at night  now, it will be closest to the earth since 2003 tonight, July 31st 2018.

On July 30-31, 2018, Mars and Earth are closer than since their historically close approach in 2003. Mars was closer in 2003 than in some 60,000 years, and it’s now only slightly farther from Earth now than then. It’s about 35.78 million miles (57.59 million km) away at its closest on July 31 at 08:00 UTC. That time places Mars’ closest approach before sunrise on July 31 for North American time zones – Earth sky news

Look to the right and down a little from the waning moon tonight. The red dot is visible, that is Mars from Merritt BC. Ca.

 

On this Day: July 31st 2012

Michael Phelps sets new record for most Olympic medals in one game.

TGIF- spring ahead time change…

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Still waters are great.. Photo KDG

2 AM March 11th daylight savings time.

Time goes ahead an hour at 2 AM on Sunday March 11th 2018. Daylight savings time returns to the clocks of British Columbia and will stay ahead until  standard time returns November 4rth 2018.

On this Day: March 9th 1974

The Mars 7 flyby fails and misses Mars with lander.

TGIF-sol

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File Photo KDG

 

February saw the Mars rover Opportunity  reach its 5000th day of operation. It was originally planned to have 90 sol or Martian days. A solar day on Mars is 24 hours and a little under 40 minutes.
We hope this information does something for your sol because:

The rover is investigating a channel called Perseverance Valley, which descends the inboard slope of the western rim of Endeavour Crater. Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis is Opportunity Deputy Principal Investigator. source: Earth Sky News.

On this Day: February 23rd 1987

Supernova 1987a is observed in the Magellan cloud.

Mars observer

Have a great day, we are on holidays, for a week, please enjoy the day in history untill we return.

Have a great day, we are on holidays, for a week, please enjoy the day in history untill we return.

Today in history: August 21 1993

Nasa loses contact with the Mars observer spacecraft.

Today in history: July 20th 1976

The Viking one lander is successful on Mars

Mars and the Moon

Mars and moon I think

Mars and Moon Merritt

 

This may not occur again for 60,000 years watch for it occurring  from about 10 pm to 3 am till the end of August , full moon view  great hey…