{"id":17064,"date":"2018-11-13T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17064"},"modified":"2018-11-13T08:55:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T13:55:32","slug":"mars-insight-landing-on-nov-26-esa-exomars-landing-site-selected-pits-and-caves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17064","title":{"rendered":"Mars: Insight landing on Nov.26, ESA ExoMars landing site selected, + Pits and Caves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/insight\/\">Insight lande<\/a>r is set to settled down on the Mars surface on November 26th. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/about\/staff\/emily-lakdawalla.html\">Emily Lakdawalla<\/a> gives a preview of the event from : <a title=\"What to Expect When InSight Lands on Mars | The Planetary Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2018\/mars-insight-landing-preview.html\">What to Expect When InSight Lands on Mars | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>InSight\u2019s will be a throwback landing, simpler than Curiosity\u2019s and identical to Phoenix&#8217;s. It will employ heat shield, parachute, and landing rockets, but no fancy entry guidance or Skycrane maneuver. Even if it\u2019s simpler, it\u2019s still terrifying, a period during which decades of work comes down to minutes of automated maneuvers that\u2019ll transform a space-faring flying saucer into a sessile lander.<\/em><\/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\/PDSbUpmRksI?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>More at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/presskit\/20181031_mars_insight_landing_presskit.pdf\">Mars Insight Landing Press Kit (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Mars InSight Landing Site Is Just Plain Perfect | NASA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/the-mars-insight-landing-site-is-just-plain-perfect\">The Mars InSight Landing Site Is Just Plain Perfect | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/LKLITDmm4NA?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>===<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\">European Space Agency<\/a> recently announced the decision on where the <a href=\"http:\/\/exploration.esa.int\/mars\/\">ExoMars rover<\/a> will land in 2021:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: Oxia Planum favoured for ExoMars surface mission\" href=\"http:\/\/exploration.esa.int\/mars\/60914-oxia-planum-favoured-for-exomars-surface-mission\/\">Robotic Exploration of Mars: Oxia Planum favoured for ExoMars surface mission &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Landing site selected for UK Mars rover - GOV.UK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/landing-site-selected-for-uk-mars-rover\">Landing site selected for UK Mars rover &#8211; GOV.UK<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17065\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/landing-site-selected-for-uk-mars-rover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17065\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exo_LandingSite9601-e1542116742404.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,506\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Exo Landing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;ExoMars is to land at &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exo_LandingSite9601-e1542116742404.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17065\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exo_LandingSite9601-e1542116742404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exo_LandingSite9601-e1542116742404.jpg 960w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exo_LandingSite9601-e1542116742404-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exo_LandingSite9601-e1542116742404-768x405.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>ExoMars is to land at Oxia Planum.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bob Zimmerman explains the reasons for the site selection: <a title=\"The ExoMars 2020 landing site | Behind The Black\" href=\"https:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/essays-and-commentaries\/the-exomars-2020-landing-site\/\">The ExoMars 2020 landing site | Behind The Black<\/a><\/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\/poZe3UIVA4o?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>===<\/p>\n<p>Bob also discusses pits and lava tube caves on the Red Planet: <a title=\"More Pits on Mars! | Behind The Black\" href=\"https:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/essays-and-commentaries\/more-pits-on-mars\/\">More Pits on Mars! | Behind The Black<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250098963\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250098963&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=55ed9e509e63ce1415500f5d234d1636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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Emily Lakdawalla gives a preview of the event from : What to Expect When InSight Lands on Mars | The Planetary Society InSight\u2019s will be a throwback landing, simpler than Curiosity\u2019s and identical to Phoenix&#8217;s. It will employ heat shield, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17064\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mars: Insight landing on Nov.26, ESA ExoMars landing site selected, + Pits and Caves<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4re","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17142,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17142","url_meta":{"origin":17064,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Follow the Insight Mission landing on Mars today [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"[ Update: The landing was a success: NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface | NASA ] NASA's Insight spacecraft will set down on the Martian surface today Nov. 26th at around noon PST (3 p.m. EST). 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