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Tag Archives: curiosity rover
NITARP Day 3: Return to JPL, Wien’s Law, and Griffith Observatory
On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, our second day at the NITARP workshop at Caltech, we accomplished three major things. First, we traveled to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a tour. Second, we began to wrap our brains around the calculations … Continue reading
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Tagged caltech, curiosity rover, flux density, griffith observatory, in-situ instruments lab, insight probe, jet propulsion laboratory, k-giant star, nitarp, sed, smap probe, soil moisture active passive probe, spacecraft assembly building, spectral energy distribution, von karman auditorium, voyager probe, wise data
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Riding Curiosity Down to Mars
The following are my notes from the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars as it happened. You know by now how it all ended. But I hope I’ve captured my feelings and impressions as Curiosity came down; I hope you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged curiosity, curiosity rover, edl, entry descent and landing, gale crater, jet propulsion laboratory, jpl, mars, mars exploration, mars rover, rover
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Mojave Field Research: Lessons Learned
As of the last post, I had just arrived at the CSU Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx Road in the Mojave Desert, ready to begin our week-long study of biological soil crusts as an analog for possible Mars or other … Continue reading
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Tagged astrobiology, baker california, china ranch, chris mckay, csu desert studies center, curiosity rover, field research, hole in the wall, kelso depot, life on mars, macrobiotic soil, mars rover, mojave desert, mojave national preserve, soil crust, stromatolite, zzyzx road
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The Spaced-Out Classroom 