Category Archives: Mars

Popular Science’s 137 years

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Matthew Wilcoxson

The magazine Popular Science holds a remarkable piece of history spanning 137 years covering science progress and future predictions back till 1873. To celebrate this years birthday they have partnered with google to bring you their complete back catalogue, something … Continue reading →

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Mars goes Google.

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Matthew Wilcoxson

The beautiful Google Earth program has gone Martian. The planet Mars is now explorable in full 3D (not just an overlay). See Olympus Mons rise above the distant horizon or fly down Valles Marines in a full 3D projection. You … Continue reading →

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Say Cheese Opportuinty.

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Another amazing picture from Mars. This one’s taken with the high resolution imager and managers to take a shot of “Opportunity”.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html A big picture here:http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08816 #flag: Mars, Opportunity

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Planets and plutons

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Are we soon to expand our solar sytem to include more planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Charon and 2003 UB313 ? Ceres orbits in teh asteroid belt, Charon was a moon of Pluto but … Continue reading →

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Zoom to Mars.

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Matthew Wilcoxson

This is rather cool. It’s by those clever people at google. http://www.google.com/mars/ Its another map but this time of Mars. You can scroll around and zoom in. Take in the martian sites like Olympus Mons or Valles Marineris. #Flag: Mars, … Continue reading →

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