The Mars Generation is sponsoring a competition and activities event for students and educators called Train Like A Martian Challenge: Join Us For Our 3rd Annual #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge May 14-18, 2018 Sign up now and join us for our third annual #TrainLikeAMartian event! We expect that the event will be a blast! Anyone can join including individuals, students, teachers, schools, sports teams, community organizations … Continue reading Participate in “Train Like a Martian Challenge” sponsored by Mars Generation→
The Mars rover Opportunity landed on the Red Planet on Jan. 25, 2004. Nearly 5000 Martian days later, the robust little robot continues to explore and make discoveries. Here are two items from NASA JPL about Opportunity: ** 5,000 Days on Mars; Solar-Powered Rover Approaching 5,000th Martian Dawn The Sun will rise on NASA’s solar-powered Mars … Continue reading The Opportunity rover continues going strong after 5000 Martian days→
The Mars Generation is sponsoring the second Train Like A Martian Challenge event May 22-26, 2017: Sign up now and join us for our second annual #TrainLikeAMartian event! We expect the event will be a blast! #TrainLikeAMartian is an entire week of activities to bring awareness to the importance of STEM education, space exploration and physical fitness to students and adults around the world! … Continue reading “Train Like a Martian Challenge”: Sign up for a week of activities for all ages→
Beautiful views of sand dune formations on Mars via the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO): ** The Splitting of the Dunes The mound in the center of this image appears to have blocked the path of the dunes as they marched south (north is to the left in this image) across the scene. … Continue reading MRO images: A sampling of Martian sand dunes→