Space/Mars technology news & EVA Space walk General Thread

It already launched but here’s some clips:

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Nasa’s InSight probe listens to Martian winds - BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/embed/p06tzdd8/46489199

Nasa’s Voyager 2 probe ‘leaves the Solar System’ - BBC

The Voyager 2 probe, which left Earth in 1977, has become the second human-made object to leave our Solar System.

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We finally got a space agency HQ :rocket::sparkles::artificial_satellite:

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Scott Manley discusses - Cosmonaut Performs Rocket Surgery, While Spacewalking, With a Knife.

Nasa’s InSight deploys ‘Marsquake’ instrument - BBC

The American space agency’s InSight mission to Mars has begun to deploy its instruments.
The lander’s robotic arm has just placed the bell-shaped seismometer package on the ground in front of it.

NASA/JPL

The seismometer sensors still need their wind cover.

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China Moon mission lands Chang’e-4 spacecraft on far side - BBC

China says it has successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, the first ever such attempt and landing.

At 10:26 Beijing time (02:26 GMT), the un-crewed Chang’e-4 probe touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, state media said.

It is carrying instruments to analyse the unexplored region’s geology, as well to conduct biological experiments.

Image copyright: EPA/CNSA

All pictures and data have to be bounced off a separate satellite

An image of the rover rolling off the lander

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A little late but still worth a watch, Scott Manley discussess Exploring Ultima Thule - An Ancient Tiny, Planetessimal On The Edge Of Our Solar System.

And…

OSIRIS REx, New Horizons & Chang’e 4 Make History

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Chang’e-4: Chinese rover now exploring Moon - BBC

A Chinese robotic rover has got its wheels dirty after rolling off its landing craft and onto the lunar soil.

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I See U

Chang’e-4: China Moon probes take snaps of each other - bbc

image: CLEP
An image of the rover taken with the lander’s terrain camera (TCAM)

image: CLEP
A picture of the lander taken by the rover’s panoramic camera (PCAM)

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Scott Manley talks about Chang’e 4 Lunar Landing In Detail.

Moon Cotton buds anyone?

China’s Moon mission sees first seeds sprout

image source: CLEP
Cotton sprouts seen close-up under a protective cover on board the Moon lander

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RIP 2019-2019: The first plant to grow on the Moon? Yeah, it’s dead already, Chinese admit - theregister

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Scott Manley tells us - Why Are Most Impact Craters Perfectly Circular? (Rather than Ovals)

Are you aware of the gravity of the situation on Mars? Why yes, say boffins: We rejigged Curiosity to measure it - theregsiter

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Surprise surprise, it was basically a scam

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Good job I didn’t sign up to that one then.

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Scott Manley talks about - NASA Stops Trying to Wake Mars Opportunity After It Remains Silent

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Back to the Moon. Just not yet though.

Scott tells us about NASA’s New Plans To Land Humans On The Moon In 10 Years.