Mars

Interactive Martian Panorama from Curiosity Rover

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Interactive Martian Panorama from Curiosity RoverIf you read Boing Boing, you’ve already seen this. But I had to share it just in case. A fellow named Andrew Bodrov used Curiosity’s recent 360-panoramic photo collection to construct this interactive image, a la Google Street View.

Landing 2,000 Pounds of Patriotism on Mars

Saturday, August 18, 2012

From the NASA press release: The Seven Minutes of Terror has turned into the Seven Minutes of Triumph,” said NASA Associate Administrator for Science John Grunsfeld. “My immense joy in the success of this mission is matched only by overwhelming pride I feel for the women and men of the mission’s …