{"id":16074,"date":"2018-05-25T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T19:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16074"},"modified":"2018-05-25T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T18:56:46","slug":"video-mars-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16074","title":{"rendered":"Video: Mars reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a report from NASA JPL on what&#8217;s been happening on Mars:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFWS1Dh6H_4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bob Zimmerman is keeping track of where the Mars rovers are roving:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/essays-and-commentaries\/mars-rover-update-may-23-2018\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mars rover update: May 23, 2018 | Behind The Black<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/essays-and-commentaries\/mars-rover-update-may-15-2017\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars rover update: May 15, 2017 | Behind The Black<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As noted in these reports, Curiosity is drilling in rock again:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/spaceimages\/details.php?id=PIA22325\" target=\"_d\">Space Images | First Drilled Sample on Mars Since 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/nasas-curiosity-rover-aims-to-get-its-rhythm-back\" target=\"_d\">NASA&#8217;s Curiosity Rover Aims to Get Its Rhythm Back | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/spaceimages\/details.php?id=PIA22325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16076\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PIA22325_hires1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1010,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"First Drilled Sample on Mars Since 2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PIA22325_hires1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16076\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PIA22325_hires1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PIA22325_hires1.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PIA22325_hires1-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PIA22325_hires1-768x684.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Onion reports on a new discovery on the Red Planet:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/nasa-says-presence-of-diving-board-on-mars-confirms-pla-1825952567?rev=1526052686993&amp;utm_content=Main&amp;utm_medium=SocialMarketing&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;utm_campaign=SF\">NASA Says Presence Of Diving Board On Mars Confirms Planet May Have Once Contained Water<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1250098963&amp;asins=1250098963&amp;linkId=06b5268baad8fe2fe8d39baba17fb36c&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a report from NASA JPL on what&#8217;s been happening on Mars: Bob Zimmerman is keeping track of where the Mars rovers are roving: Mars rover update: May 23, 2018 | Behind The Black Mars rover update: May 15, 2017 | Behind The Black As noted in these reports, Curiosity is drilling in rock again: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16074\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Mars reports<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4bg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14631,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14631","url_meta":{"origin":16074,"position":0},"title":"Latest on the Mars rovers + Curiosity finds signs of a warm &#038; 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