You think living on Mars would be dangerous and difficult? Try just getting there!
Of the 38 Mars mission launched from Earth so far, exactly half of them arrived at Mars in operating condition.
A case in point is the Russian “Fobos/Grunt” (in English we would call it “Phobos/Soil”) mission launched last November that was intended [...]
Ahh, June. Summer begins, nights are warm, skies are mostly clear. It’s a great month for stargazing. Here are some highlights for the month.
June 1st: The New Moon is on June 1st, occurring at 3:03 pm, MDT. With no moon in the sky in the evenings, stargazing and deep sky observing with binoculars is a [...]
Last month we were contacted by the Utah chapter of Make-a-Wish regarding a little boy named Logan who’s wish to go to Space Camp was being granted. The organization surprised Logan with a special animated message in the Hansen Dome Theatre just before seeing Attack of the Space Pirates.
To me, Mars has not been a very interesting planet to observe in the night time sky. Ok, it’s red–really red. But even through a backyard telescope, Mars is just a small red ball. Well, this month (January, 2010) Mars is much more interesting.
Mars reaches opposition on January 29th. At that time, Mars will be on [...]
It’s August and we’ve been getting calls at Clark Planetarium from people wondering if Mars will appear as large as the Full Moon this month.
So goes our yearly battle with the Great Mars Hoax that started in 2003. Each year, several emails make their rounds, promising that Mars will amaze and delight, appearing as large as [...]
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