What a world we live in!
I just finished watching a live online feed from Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the lander entered the Martian atmosphere and made its miraculous way down from an eight-month journey. It touched down at 10:39 pm PDT.
We now have a multi-ton, mobile scientific laboratory on the surface of Mars.
The obvious excitement at JPL as the spacecraft neared Mars was thrilling to Continue reading “Curiosity’s Mars Landing”
In 1960, I sat on the floor, leaning against the wall, my feet thrust out, listening to Caltech’s