{"id":22619,"date":"2020-09-02T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22619"},"modified":"2020-09-02T16:13:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:13:01","slug":"space-sciences-roundup-sept-2-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22619","title":{"rendered":"Space sciences roundup – Sept.2.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items (find previous roundups here<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Mars<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

** Monitor NASA’s Perseverance rover<\/a> as it travels to Mars<\/strong>: Follow NASA’s Perseverance Rover in Real Time on Its Way to Mars<\/a><\/p>\n

The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars. But with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System<\/a>, you can follow in real time as humanity’s most sophisticated rover – and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter traveling with it – treks millions of miles over the next six months to Jezero Crater<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Eyes on the Solar System visualizes the same trajectory data that the navigation team uses to plot Perseverance’s course to Mars,” said Fernando Abilleira, the Mars 2020 mission design and navigation manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “If you want to follow along with us on our journey, that’s the place to be.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Eyes doesn’t just let you see the distance between the Red Planet and the spacecraft at this very moment. You can also fly formation with Mars 2020 or check the relative velocity between Mars and Earth or, say, the dwarf planet Pluto<\/em><\/p>\n

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A view of the Mars 2020 mission in the Eyes on the Solar System<\/a> simulation. Credits: NASA<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

** The UAE Hope mission<\/a> takes a photo of Mars<\/strong>, where it will go into orbit in February: Mars ahead! UAE’s Hope spacecraft spots Red Planet for 1st time | Space.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Hope probe is officially 100 million km into its journey to the Red Planet. Mars, as demonstrated in the image captured by the probe\u2019s Star Tracker, is ahead of us, leaving Saturn and Jupiter behind. The Hope probe is expected to arrive to Mars on February 2021. pic.twitter.com\/Eg2pMerc78<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) August 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n