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"content": "\u003cp>Look up! It’s soon time to be dazzled by one of the year’s best meteor showers, the Geminids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their activity will peak this year on the morning of Friday, Dec. 14. Wake up early for the best viewing around 2:00 a.m. (or stay up late Thursday night.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As meteor showers go, this is a good one. At peak activity, if you are enjoying clear, dark skies, you may see up to 120 meteors per hour (two per minute!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the moon out of the picture, moonlight will not compete with the fainter meteors. (It is an early-setting waxing crescent on the 14th.) You may only have to contend with human-made light pollution. 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Just remember, the farther away from cities, the better, and natural barriers (such as forests or hills) can serve as shields to light pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2007/07/06/dark-secrets/\">Click here\u003c/a> for some ideas about possible dark places near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is a Meteor Shower?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through a stream of dust particles. Earth travels around the sun at 18 miles per second. Dust particles also zip along at extreme speeds. So, when the dust grains hit Earth’s atmosphere, intense frictional heat incinerate the particles in a flash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the ground we see fast, brilliant streaks of light. The burn-up happens at an altitude of about 60 miles — so you can imagine how hot and bright those tiny pebbles of rock or metal are if you can see them from such a distance!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were wondering why you have to get up after midnight to enjoy a meteor shower, it’s because of which side of the Earth faces into the dust stream as it plows through. It is under morning skies when we are on that leading side of the Earth, making all meteor showers of the year early morning events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a similar way, it is only on the windshield of a car that you see the streaks of insects that the car has plowed into, while the rear window remains relatively streak free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1935320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1935320\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3-800x1104.jpg\" alt=\"A comet often has more than one tail: a gas tail and a dust tail. Pressure from sunlight pushes both tails away from the sun, but lighter gases are blown more strongly than the heavier dust particles, and are separated. 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Pressure from sunlight pushes both tails away from the sun, but lighter gases are blown more strongly than the heavier dust particles, and are separated. The largest and heaviest dust particles are affected least by sunlight pressure, and tend to remain within the path of the comet’s motion–this is the stream of dust that produces a meteor shower. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dust streams that produce meteor showers are generally created by a comet leaving a trail of debris as it swings close to the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are exceptions though. \u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/rock-comet-3200-phaethon-geminid-meteor-shower\">The Geminids shower’s dust-supplying parent\u003c/a> is not a comet, but a special type of asteroid sometimes called a “rock comet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typical comets are largely made of frozen volatile materials, like water ice, with a lot of dust mixed in. 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The same urban night-glow that lets you see only a dozen or so of the brightest stars will also limit the number of meteors you can see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1935324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1935324\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-800x607.jpg\" alt=\"The glow of urban light pollution is an unfortunate backdrop for the observatory complex at Chabot Space & Science Center.\" width=\"800\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-800x607.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-768x583.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-1020x774.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-1200x910.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-1920x1457.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-1180x895.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-960x728.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-240x182.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-375x285.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night-520x395.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/Domes-at-night.jpg 1960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The glow of urban light pollution is an unfortunate backdrop for the observatory complex at Chabot Space & Science Center. \u003ccite>(Carter Roberts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even in the \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7&lat=4560966&lon=-13528434&layers=B0FFFFTFFFF\">San Francisco Bay Area,\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> with its ample sprawl and light pollution, there are many relatively accessible good viewing spots at least partially protected from urban light’s full blast. Just remember, the farther away from cities, the better, and natural barriers (such as forests or hills) can serve as shields to light pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2007/07/06/dark-secrets/\">Click here\u003c/a> for some ideas about possible dark places near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is a Meteor Shower?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through a stream of dust particles. Earth travels around the sun at 18 miles per second. Dust particles also zip along at extreme speeds. So, when the dust grains hit Earth’s atmosphere, intense frictional heat incinerate the particles in a flash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the ground we see fast, brilliant streaks of light. The burn-up happens at an altitude of about 60 miles — so you can imagine how hot and bright those tiny pebbles of rock or metal are if you can see them from such a distance!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were wondering why you have to get up after midnight to enjoy a meteor shower, it’s because of which side of the Earth faces into the dust stream as it plows through. It is under morning skies when we are on that leading side of the Earth, making all meteor showers of the year early morning events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a similar way, it is only on the windshield of a car that you see the streaks of insects that the car has plowed into, while the rear window remains relatively streak free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1935320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1935320\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3-800x1104.jpg\" alt=\"A comet often has more than one tail: a gas tail and a dust tail. Pressure from sunlight pushes both tails away from the sun, but lighter gases are blown more strongly than the heavier dust particles, and are separated. The largest and heaviest dust particles are affected least by sunlight pressure, and tend to remain within the path of the comet's motion--this is the stream of dust that produces a meteor shower. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1104\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3-160x221.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3-768x1060.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3-240x331.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3-375x518.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/comettaildiagram3-520x718.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A comet often has more than one tail: a gas tail and a dust tail. Pressure from sunlight pushes both tails away from the sun, but lighter gases are blown more strongly than the heavier dust particles, and are separated. The largest and heaviest dust particles are affected least by sunlight pressure, and tend to remain within the path of the comet’s motion–this is the stream of dust that produces a meteor shower. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dust streams that produce meteor showers are generally created by a comet leaving a trail of debris as it swings close to the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are exceptions though. \u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/rock-comet-3200-phaethon-geminid-meteor-shower\">The Geminids shower’s dust-supplying parent\u003c/a> is not a comet, but a special type of asteroid sometimes called a “rock comet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typical comets are largely made of frozen volatile materials, like water ice, with a lot of dust mixed in. When they heat up in sunlight while passing through the warmer reaches of the inner solar system, some of the frozen materials turn to gas and blow outward into space. The embedded dust is carried along for the ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, a rock comet is thought to be mostly made of rock or metals (like an asteroid) but with a good supply of frozen volatiles as well. So, when it passes close to the sun, the rock comet also blows off gas and dust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1935308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1935308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/12/phaeton-asteroid-2017.gif\" alt=\"Arecibo Observatory radar animation of the rock comet 3200 Phaethon.\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arecibo Observatory radar animation of the rock comet 3200 Phaethon. \u003ccite>(Arecibo Observatory/NASA/NSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Geminids’ parent object is called 3200 Phaethon, an asteroid that orbits the sun once every 1.4 years on an elongated ellipse. 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"content": "\u003cp>“What did you think of the Mars landing today?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Amazing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Awesome!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Never gets old.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A crowd of several hundred people chose to spend their midday Monday at \u003ca href=\"https://www.chabotspace.org\">Chabot Space & Science Center\u003c/a> to witness live-streamed coverage of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7293&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=daily20181126-3\">landing of NASA’s InSight \u003c/a>— something they might have done in the comfort of their own homes, as many people likely did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1934948 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors at Chabot Space & Science Center watching NASA's live-streamed coverage of the InSIGHT landing on Mars.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors at Chabot Space & Science Center watching NASA’s live-streamed coverage of the InSIGHT landing on Mars. \u003ccite>(Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But sharing the tense and thrilling moments of a live landing on another planet in the company of other eager space exploration enthusiasts, of all ages, and on a giant screen, makes for a far more memorable experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all, people flock to theaters for midnight premieres of a new blockbuster movie, or fill outdoor stadiums in freezing weather to watch a live sporting event — so it’s heartening to witness similar enthusiasm for the live screening of another Mars landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Astro Community Celebrates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, there were jubilant cheers when InSight reported a safe planet-fall. You could see the release of pent-up nervous energy in the crew at mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. It was palpable, as well, to those in the applauding crowd at Chabot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days since landing, a collective sigh of relief has been followed by all eyes turning to the mission ahead, and the promise of its rich scientific rewards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, public enthusiasts and mission scientists alike must wait to find out what InSight will reveal of Mars’ interior, since it will take at least a few days to carefully plan and deploy the lander’s specialized sensors, and probably months to collect enough data to begin telling that story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after six uneventful months of flight, and six minutes of nail-biting worry, at least NASA and JPL scientists and engineers can now make themselves busy setting up and testing InSight’s instruments and other systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those of us on the outside will just have to be patient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Play-by-Play Action\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How did the action go down? NASA’s \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/\">InSight\u003c/a> lander, which has been en route to Mars since launching last May, approached the upper extent of Mars’ thin atmosphere on November 26 right on schedule, shortly before noon Pacific Time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then followed six-and-a-half hushed, tense minutes as a series of critical \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/timeline/edl/\">EDL\u003c/a> (Entry, Descent, and Landing) maneuvers were performed by the spacecraft: detachment from interplanetary cruise stage, alignment for atmospheric entry, parachute deployment, heat shield jettison, landing legs extension, radar-ground detection, retrorocket ignition, and…wait for it…touchdown!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1934928\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-800x453.jpg\" alt=\"Controllers in Mission Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reacting to news of InSIGHT's successful landing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-800x453.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-768x435.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-1020x578.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-1200x680.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-1180x669.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-960x544.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-240x136.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-375x213.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-520x295.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Controllers in Mission\u003cbr>Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reacting to news of InSIGHT’s successful landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/B. Ingalls)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, mission control operators at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/\">Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u003c/a> could only watch as telemetry came in, relayed by the twin \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php\">MarCO\u003c/a> “cubesats” that tagged along to give us a real-time report of InSight’s descent. The eight-minute travel delay of radio waves sent from Mars to Earth means that the entire landing sequence would be completed before the radio reports reached mission control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robots or Humans?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn’t ask anyone the question: Should we be sending humans, or robots, to explore planets? But it was on one visitor’s mind anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You enjoyed the landing?” I asked him. He nodded vigorously. “Should we send more?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Absolutely,” he said. “I don’t think that a lot of people appreciate how much we can learn with missions like these, at a fraction of the cost of a mission sending humans anywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At $814 million for the total InSight mission cost, on average each American taxpayer paid less than $6. How much does a cappuccino at Starbucks cost these days? Or bridge toll? Or, for that matter, a blockbuster movie at the theater? (Rarely $6 even at matinee prices).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 799px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech.jpg\" alt=\"Artist illustration of the InSIGHT lander on Mars, with solar panels, seismometer, and thermal probe deployed.\" width=\"799\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech.jpg 799w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist illustration of the InSIGHT lander on Mars, with solar panels, seismometer, and thermal probe deployed. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Personally, I’ve always been fascinated by human space voyages — from real ones like the \u003ca href=\"https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apolloland.html\">Apollo Moon landings\u003c/a> to Star Trek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I appreciate that we don’t need to go to other planets in person to accomplish some amazing feats. We’ve explored every planet in the solar system, some comets and asteroids, a few moons, and even the fringes of interstellar space, entirely with robots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real-World Epic Blockbuster\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drama of InSight’s landing was not presented through live video or stunning imagery from the spacecraft, as it burned a high-speed trail through the upper atmosphere, or when its parachute gloriously bloomed in the Martian skies above, or as a cloud of rusty dust was raised by the blast of roaring landing rockets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would be exciting — and may be what a general American movie-watching audience would expect in an epic Mars adventure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the only visuals offered in a real-world EDL maneuver are pictures of avid, often nervous-looking engineers and scientists sitting tensely before their consoles, their perspiration coldly illuminated by screens full of numbers and graphs. The first few pictures from Mars, taken after landing, arrived on our screens an hour or so later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little disappointed that we didn’t see any pictures from InSight while it was landing; I kind of expected that,” said one visitor with a small child in tow. “But it was still very exciting to be here watching when it landed. Definitely worth coming out for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1934944\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Self portrait taken by InSIGHT shortly after landing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Self portrait taken by InSIGHT shortly after landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smooth Landing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7294&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=daily20181126-3\">InSight now rests safely\u003c/a> on the ground in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia22232/insight-s-landing-site-elysium-planitia\">Elysium Planitia\u003c/a>, the vast flat equatorial plain from where the spacecraft will conduct its mission to probe Mars’ interior. Every vital step of its landing sequence was pulled off flawlessly — almost an anticlimax to all the possible perilous missteps that could have ended the mission in a heartbeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a deep breath, now. The main adventure is only beginning.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>“What did you think of the Mars landing today?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Amazing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Awesome!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Never gets old.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A crowd of several hundred people chose to spend their midday Monday at \u003ca href=\"https://www.chabotspace.org\">Chabot Space & Science Center\u003c/a> to witness live-streamed coverage of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7293&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=daily20181126-3\">landing of NASA’s InSight \u003c/a>— something they might have done in the comfort of their own homes, as many people likely did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1934948 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors at Chabot Space & Science Center watching NASA's live-streamed coverage of the InSIGHT landing on Mars.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/megadome-insight-cjung-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors at Chabot Space & Science Center watching NASA’s live-streamed coverage of the InSIGHT landing on Mars. \u003ccite>(Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But sharing the tense and thrilling moments of a live landing on another planet in the company of other eager space exploration enthusiasts, of all ages, and on a giant screen, makes for a far more memorable experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all, people flock to theaters for midnight premieres of a new blockbuster movie, or fill outdoor stadiums in freezing weather to watch a live sporting event — so it’s heartening to witness similar enthusiasm for the live screening of another Mars landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Astro Community Celebrates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, there were jubilant cheers when InSight reported a safe planet-fall. You could see the release of pent-up nervous energy in the crew at mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. It was palpable, as well, to those in the applauding crowd at Chabot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days since landing, a collective sigh of relief has been followed by all eyes turning to the mission ahead, and the promise of its rich scientific rewards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, public enthusiasts and mission scientists alike must wait to find out what InSight will reveal of Mars’ interior, since it will take at least a few days to carefully plan and deploy the lander’s specialized sensors, and probably months to collect enough data to begin telling that story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after six uneventful months of flight, and six minutes of nail-biting worry, at least NASA and JPL scientists and engineers can now make themselves busy setting up and testing InSight’s instruments and other systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those of us on the outside will just have to be patient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Play-by-Play Action\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How did the action go down? NASA’s \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/\">InSight\u003c/a> lander, which has been en route to Mars since launching last May, approached the upper extent of Mars’ thin atmosphere on November 26 right on schedule, shortly before noon Pacific Time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then followed six-and-a-half hushed, tense minutes as a series of critical \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/timeline/edl/\">EDL\u003c/a> (Entry, Descent, and Landing) maneuvers were performed by the spacecraft: detachment from interplanetary cruise stage, alignment for atmospheric entry, parachute deployment, heat shield jettison, landing legs extension, radar-ground detection, retrorocket ignition, and…wait for it…touchdown!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1934928\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-800x453.jpg\" alt=\"Controllers in Mission Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reacting to news of InSIGHT's successful landing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-800x453.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-768x435.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-1020x578.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-1200x680.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-1180x669.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-960x544.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-240x136.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-375x213.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls-520x295.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-touchdown-NASA.B.-Ingalls.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Controllers in Mission\u003cbr>Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reacting to news of InSIGHT’s successful landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/B. Ingalls)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, mission control operators at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/\">Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u003c/a> could only watch as telemetry came in, relayed by the twin \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php\">MarCO\u003c/a> “cubesats” that tagged along to give us a real-time report of InSight’s descent. The eight-minute travel delay of radio waves sent from Mars to Earth means that the entire landing sequence would be completed before the radio reports reached mission control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robots or Humans?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn’t ask anyone the question: Should we be sending humans, or robots, to explore planets? But it was on one visitor’s mind anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You enjoyed the landing?” I asked him. He nodded vigorously. “Should we send more?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Absolutely,” he said. “I don’t think that a lot of people appreciate how much we can learn with missions like these, at a fraction of the cost of a mission sending humans anywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At $814 million for the total InSight mission cost, on average each American taxpayer paid less than $6. How much does a cappuccino at Starbucks cost these days? Or bridge toll? Or, for that matter, a blockbuster movie at the theater? (Rarely $6 even at matinee prices).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 799px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech.jpg\" alt=\"Artist illustration of the InSIGHT lander on Mars, with solar panels, seismometer, and thermal probe deployed.\" width=\"799\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech.jpg 799w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-NASA-JPL-Caltech-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist illustration of the InSIGHT lander on Mars, with solar panels, seismometer, and thermal probe deployed. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Personally, I’ve always been fascinated by human space voyages — from real ones like the \u003ca href=\"https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apolloland.html\">Apollo Moon landings\u003c/a> to Star Trek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I appreciate that we don’t need to go to other planets in person to accomplish some amazing feats. We’ve explored every planet in the solar system, some comets and asteroids, a few moons, and even the fringes of interstellar space, entirely with robots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real-World Epic Blockbuster\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drama of InSight’s landing was not presented through live video or stunning imagery from the spacecraft, as it burned a high-speed trail through the upper atmosphere, or when its parachute gloriously bloomed in the Martian skies above, or as a cloud of rusty dust was raised by the blast of roaring landing rockets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would be exciting — and may be what a general American movie-watching audience would expect in an epic Mars adventure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the only visuals offered in a real-world EDL maneuver are pictures of avid, often nervous-looking engineers and scientists sitting tensely before their consoles, their perspiration coldly illuminated by screens full of numbers and graphs. The first few pictures from Mars, taken after landing, arrived on our screens an hour or so later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little disappointed that we didn’t see any pictures from InSight while it was landing; I kind of expected that,” said one visitor with a small child in tow. “But it was still very exciting to be here watching when it landed. Definitely worth coming out for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1934944\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Self portrait taken by InSIGHT shortly after landing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-selfie-nasajplcaltech.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Self portrait taken by InSIGHT shortly after landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smooth Landing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7294&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=daily20181126-3\">InSight now rests safely\u003c/a> on the ground in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia22232/insight-s-landing-site-elysium-planitia\">Elysium Planitia\u003c/a>, the vast flat equatorial plain from where the spacecraft will conduct its mission to probe Mars’ interior. Every vital step of its landing sequence was pulled off flawlessly — almost an anticlimax to all the possible perilous missteps that could have ended the mission in a heartbeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a deep breath, now. The main adventure is only beginning.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGD_YF64Nwk&w=663&h=398]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 7:30 p.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phew! Took a little while but we have word now that InSight’s solar panels are open and collecting sunlight. This solar-powered robot is ready for action. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaah…soaking up the Sun with my solar panels. 🌞 After a long flight, and thrilling \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a>, it feels great to get a good stretch and recharge my batteries. (Like, literally.) It’s just what I’ll need to really start getting in tune with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/yse3VEst3G\">https://t.co/yse3VEst3G\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/LpsiI0KNNz\">pic.twitter.com/LpsiI0KNNz\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1067258215501447168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Data from Odyssey indicate \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAInSight\u003c/a>’s solar arrays are open and batteries are charging. The transmission also included this view from the instrument deployment camera, showing the seismometer (left), grapple (center) and robotic arm (right): \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/yZqPextm89\">https://t.co/yZqPextm89\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/2kBHT5caGS\">pic.twitter.com/2kBHT5caGS\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1067255524335345665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In all, it was a big day for InSight, its team and its fans, both those on Earth and off. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAInSight\u003c/a> team got a special congratulations from the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Space_Station\u003c/a> today! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/qoZHtkYT9w\">pic.twitter.com/qoZHtkYT9w\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1067205108713193474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 12:50 p.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nBen Burress, Chabot Staff Astronomer and KQED’s space blogger, gives us an overview of the day and a preview of what’s ahead for InSight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As we wait for InSight’s next check in (confirming if the solar arrays are deployed OK) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChabotSpace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChabotSpace\u003c/a>‘s Ben Burress looks ahead to what’s next for the mission. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/SF3gdjszVO\">pic.twitter.com/SF3gdjszVO\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Danielle Venton (@DanielleVenton) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DanielleVenton/status/1067158328847949824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And, that’s it for now folks! Later today we’ll update once NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter confirms that InSight’s solar arrays have deployed. This may happen around 5:35 p.m. Pacific, but could be many hours after that. Once the solar panels are out, the two-year surface phase of this mission has officially begun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 12:05 p.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lots to celebrate for the Mars InSight team. The lander still has a bit more work to do. Later today, once the dust its kicked up settles, it’ll unfurl its twin solar panel arrays and check in again with home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:59 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSight sends its first picture home, relayed by the MarCO satellites. Picture a little obscured by dust, but clearly shows the horizon of the red planet (and it has a lander leg in it).\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My first picture on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a>! My lens cover isn’t off yet, but I just had to show you a first look at my new home. More status updates:\u003ca href=\"https://t.co/tYcLE3tkkS\">https://t.co/tYcLE3tkkS\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/G15bJjMYxa\">pic.twitter.com/G15bJjMYxa\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1067147649386598400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:55 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nInSight has landed! TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED. Fans around the world erupt. Lots of fist bumping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">YESSSSSSS SUCCESSFUL \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a> landing for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsInSight?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsInSight\u003c/a>! WOOOOOOO!!! \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/WLXnl2E0ms\">https://t.co/WLXnl2E0ms\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Adam Becker (@FreelanceAstro) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FreelanceAstro/status/1067145092996059136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>InSight now has a new home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I feel you, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a> – and soon I’ll know your heart. With this safe landing, I’m here. I’m home.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/auhFdfiUMg\">https://t.co/auhFdfiUMg\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1067144560139063296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:54 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parachute is working! Hoots and claps from mission control and space fans at Chabot. All good news so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:50 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nInSight is now experiencing peak heat. Stay cool up there! Next step will be the parachute deployment. Travelling at 1,000 meters per second. Audience at Chabot is holding their breath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:48 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nENTRY! The lander has entered the atmosphere. Now it will slow down as it approaches the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:42 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe lander has separated from the spacecraft that carried it millions of miles away from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAInSight\u003c/a> is no longer cruising…it’s diving in. Five minutes to go until atmospheric entry. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Nadia Drake (@nadiamdrake) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nadiamdrake/status/1067141484485332992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The lander is now steering itself. Star Tracker software turned off and InSight is going in. T-20 till land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOOHOO BENT PIPE HAS BEGUN! this means that MarCo’s are both working as hoped and will begin relaying the EDL data. OMG. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PopSci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PopSci\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Shannon Stirone (@shannonmstirone) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/shannonmstirone/status/1067139987567632384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Update from Mission Control: Both CubeSats and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have checked in and all seems good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curious about the instruments aboard InSight? They’re the product of teams from the U.S., France and Germany. \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/summary/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1934850\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1020x574.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1180x664.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-960x540.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-520x293.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">InSight is the first mission to investigate the interior of Mars. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:15 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA’s livestream from mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has started. Peanuts, a tradition to bring good luck to landings, are being passed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here be peanuts \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAJPL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAJPL\u003c/a> mission control. Never try to land a spacecraft without ‘em. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/pEhDVFzBsI\">https://t.co/pEhDVFzBsI\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/c10XE5yFdG\">pic.twitter.com/c10XE5yFdG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Nadia Drake (@nadiamdrake) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nadiamdrake/status/1067133323401523201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Chabot’s theater is almost full with members of the public, like the Crawford’s of Hayward who brought their young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lots of families here \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChabotSpace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChabotSpace\u003c/a> to watch the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAInSight\u003c/a> lander. Erica & Steven Crawford of Hayward brought their planetary-enthusiast daughter Stefanie. Stefanie likes Mars, but says her favorite planet is Neptune. She wants to be an astronaut when she grows up. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/pE4fOtrnl5\">pic.twitter.com/pE4fOtrnl5\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Danielle Venton (@DanielleVenton) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DanielleVenton/status/1067134235893411840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 10:30 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the minutes ticking down till Mars InSight’s anticipated landing at 12:00 p.m. Pacific, KQED Science is ready to bring you up-to-the-minute information on the mission. We’ll embed the live feed from mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. And we’ll bring you the scene from the \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/events/events-listing/insight-landing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewing party at the Chabot Observatory\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where are you watching the landing? Tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kqedscience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KQEDScience\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DanielleVenton?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DanielleVenton\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About InSight\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1922458/there-are-earthquakes-on-mars-wait-theyre-marsquakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There Are Earthquakes on Mars! Wait … They’re ‘Marsquakes’\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1934067/nasa-to-insight-brace-for-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA InSIGHT Spacecraft Set to Land on Mars Nov. 26\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>First, some background on the mission. This is the first mission to land on Mars since 2012, when the Curiosity rover touched down. Unlike that landing, with its novel, high-risk innovations (remember the ‘\u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/30jul_skycrane/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sky crane\u003c/a>‘?), InSight is landing using tried-and-true technology. The landing sequence will be similar to past missions, such as NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three main stages of landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Entering the Atmosphere:\u003c/strong> Small rockets will direct the spacecraft toward the surface. The rockets must maintain a precise 12-degree angle to prevent InSight from either burning up or bouncing off the planet’s surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Parachute Descent:\u003c/strong> The spacecraft will cast off its heat shield (a protective covering), release a parachute to slow down, and extend its three, shock-absorbing landing legs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Powered Descent:\u003c/strong> A dozen engines, known as retro rockets, will begin firing to help the lander set down gently on the Martian soil — its new permanent home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want more info? See the sidebar above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anything going wrong at any one of these steps could cause this $830-million dollar mission to crash, burn up or bounce off back into space. But at the moment, all seems ready for a smooth landing. Yesterday InSight’s engineers made a final flight path tweak to maneuver the spacecraft over its targeted entry point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It’s almost time! In less than 15 hours, I’ll plunge through the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Martian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Martian\u003c/a> atmosphere. But before I do, my team tweaked my flight path one last time to ensure I’m on track for my \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> tomorrow. Read: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6ekCBE2vUW\">https://t.co/6ekCBE2vUW\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/HiejIwCoHb\">pic.twitter.com/HiejIwCoHb\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1066916095125204993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 12:05 p.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lots to celebrate for the Mars InSight team. The lander still has a bit more work to do. Later today, once the dust its kicked up settles, it’ll unfurl its twin solar panel arrays and check in again with home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:59 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSight sends its first picture home, relayed by the MarCO satellites. Picture a little obscured by dust, but clearly shows the horizon of the red planet (and it has a lander leg in it).\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My first picture on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a>! My lens cover isn’t off yet, but I just had to show you a first look at my new home. More status updates:\u003ca href=\"https://t.co/tYcLE3tkkS\">https://t.co/tYcLE3tkkS\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/G15bJjMYxa\">pic.twitter.com/G15bJjMYxa\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1067147649386598400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:55 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nInSight has landed! TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED. Fans around the world erupt. Lots of fist bumping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">YESSSSSSS SUCCESSFUL \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a> landing for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsInSight?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsInSight\u003c/a>! WOOOOOOO!!! \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/WLXnl2E0ms\">https://t.co/WLXnl2E0ms\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Adam Becker (@FreelanceAstro) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FreelanceAstro/status/1067145092996059136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>InSight now has a new home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I feel you, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a> – and soon I’ll know your heart. With this safe landing, I’m here. I’m home.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/auhFdfiUMg\">https://t.co/auhFdfiUMg\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1067144560139063296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:54 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parachute is working! Hoots and claps from mission control and space fans at Chabot. All good news so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:50 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nInSight is now experiencing peak heat. Stay cool up there! Next step will be the parachute deployment. Travelling at 1,000 meters per second. Audience at Chabot is holding their breath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:48 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nENTRY! The lander has entered the atmosphere. Now it will slow down as it approaches the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:42 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe lander has separated from the spacecraft that carried it millions of miles away from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAInSight\u003c/a> is no longer cruising…it’s diving in. Five minutes to go until atmospheric entry. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mars\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Nadia Drake (@nadiamdrake) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nadiamdrake/status/1067141484485332992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The lander is now steering itself. Star Tracker software turned off and InSight is going in. T-20 till land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOOHOO BENT PIPE HAS BEGUN! this means that MarCo’s are both working as hoped and will begin relaying the EDL data. OMG. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PopSci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PopSci\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Shannon Stirone (@shannonmstirone) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/shannonmstirone/status/1067139987567632384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Update from Mission Control: Both CubeSats and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have checked in and all seems good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curious about the instruments aboard InSight? They’re the product of teams from the U.S., France and Germany. \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/summary/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1934850\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1020x574.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-1180x664.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-960x540.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download-520x293.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/download.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">InSight is the first mission to investigate the interior of Mars. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 11:15 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA’s livestream from mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has started. Peanuts, a tradition to bring good luck to landings, are being passed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here be peanuts \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAJPL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAJPL\u003c/a> mission control. Never try to land a spacecraft without ‘em. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/pEhDVFzBsI\">https://t.co/pEhDVFzBsI\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/c10XE5yFdG\">pic.twitter.com/c10XE5yFdG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Nadia Drake (@nadiamdrake) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nadiamdrake/status/1067133323401523201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Chabot’s theater is almost full with members of the public, like the Crawford’s of Hayward who brought their young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lots of families here \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChabotSpace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChabotSpace\u003c/a> to watch the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAInSight\u003c/a> lander. Erica & Steven Crawford of Hayward brought their planetary-enthusiast daughter Stefanie. Stefanie likes Mars, but says her favorite planet is Neptune. She wants to be an astronaut when she grows up. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/pE4fOtrnl5\">pic.twitter.com/pE4fOtrnl5\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Danielle Venton (@DanielleVenton) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DanielleVenton/status/1067134235893411840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 10:30 a.m., Mon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the minutes ticking down till Mars InSight’s anticipated landing at 12:00 p.m. Pacific, KQED Science is ready to bring you up-to-the-minute information on the mission. We’ll embed the live feed from mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. And we’ll bring you the scene from the \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/events/events-listing/insight-landing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewing party at the Chabot Observatory\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where are you watching the landing? Tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kqedscience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KQEDScience\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DanielleVenton?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DanielleVenton\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About InSight\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1922458/there-are-earthquakes-on-mars-wait-theyre-marsquakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There Are Earthquakes on Mars! Wait … They’re ‘Marsquakes’\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1934067/nasa-to-insight-brace-for-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA InSIGHT Spacecraft Set to Land on Mars Nov. 26\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>First, some background on the mission. This is the first mission to land on Mars since 2012, when the Curiosity rover touched down. Unlike that landing, with its novel, high-risk innovations (remember the ‘\u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/30jul_skycrane/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sky crane\u003c/a>‘?), InSight is landing using tried-and-true technology. The landing sequence will be similar to past missions, such as NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three main stages of landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Entering the Atmosphere:\u003c/strong> Small rockets will direct the spacecraft toward the surface. The rockets must maintain a precise 12-degree angle to prevent InSight from either burning up or bouncing off the planet’s surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Parachute Descent:\u003c/strong> The spacecraft will cast off its heat shield (a protective covering), release a parachute to slow down, and extend its three, shock-absorbing landing legs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Powered Descent:\u003c/strong> A dozen engines, known as retro rockets, will begin firing to help the lander set down gently on the Martian soil — its new permanent home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want more info? See the sidebar above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anything going wrong at any one of these steps could cause this $830-million dollar mission to crash, burn up or bounce off back into space. But at the moment, all seems ready for a smooth landing. Yesterday InSight’s engineers made a final flight path tweak to maneuver the spacecraft over its targeted entry point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It’s almost time! In less than 15 hours, I’ll plunge through the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Martian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Martian\u003c/a> atmosphere. But before I do, my team tweaked my flight path one last time to ensure I’m on track for my \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarsLanding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarsLanding\u003c/a> tomorrow. Read: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6ekCBE2vUW\">https://t.co/6ekCBE2vUW\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/HiejIwCoHb\">pic.twitter.com/HiejIwCoHb\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1066916095125204993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After traveling 75 million miles since its launch last May, NASA’s \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/\">InSIGHT\u003c/a> spacecraft is scheduled to land on Mars on Monday, November 26 around noon, Pacific Time. NASA TV will \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/watch-online/?fbclid=IwAR0_xrqXsalbuKxsT_BUR1v2rg0YAqXJpvBAF7qhb2GkFpu1jgTXD290620\">cover the adventure\u003c/a> as a livestream. Trust me, you do not want to miss this spectacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last landing on Mars was six years ago, by the rover Curiosity. The next will not be until at least 2020, so InSIGHT’s upcoming \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/entry-descent-landing/\">entry, descent, and landing\u003c/a> is a rare opportunity to witness a hair-raising plunge into unexplored extraterrestrial territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have forgotten how thrilling this can be, let’s refresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the spacecraft hits the thin upper atmosphere 80 miles above the surface at over 12,000 miles per hour, striking heat-shield-first in a fiery reentry burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From this point until it sets down safely on the ground–a period of about six minutes–InSIGHT must successfully perform a serious of pre-programmed actions, without any assistance from people back on Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include the ejection of its heat shield, the deployment of its supersonic parachute, followed later by the deployment of its secondary, sub-sonic parachute, and finally a retrorocket-thrust-assisted soft landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, ground control on Earth had to wait until after landing even to get the “successful touchdown” ping from the spacecraft, and hours longer for the robot to relay the landing telemetry data. InSIGHT’s descent, however, will be monitored by two miniature “cubesat” spacecraft, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php\">MarCO,\u003c/a> that were launched with it and have followed along to Mars to relay the telemetry even as the spacecraft descends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1934075\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Artist illustration of the InSIGHT spacecraft approaching Mars for its November 26th entry, descent, and landing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist illustration of the InSIGHT spacecraft approaching Mars for its November 26th entry, descent, and landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why We Land Robots to Mars\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the robotic landers and rovers before InSIGHT set out to see the sights and scratch the surface rocks and soils of Mars, from the \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/past/viking/\">Viking\u003c/a> landers in 1976 to the \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/\">Curiosity\u003c/a> rover in 2012. Their scientific goals were focused on the search for water, indications of life and clues to the planet’s past environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of their investigations have been exciting: turning up \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-lake-found-mars-water-polar-cap-life-space/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signs of liquid water\u003c/a> present today, and evidence of ancient precipitation, surface flows, deep lakes and wide seas of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-curiosity-rover-sharpens-paradox-of-ancient-mars\">liquid water\u003c/a> that paint a picture of a primordial Mars much more Earth-like, and potentially life-friendly, than the cold dry desert it is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is InSIGHT Looking For?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT (an abbreviation of Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport) is similar in design to the Phoenix lander, which set down in Mars’ extreme northern polar region in 2007 to investigate a vast reservoir of water ice detected from orbit. The lander is 5 feet long, 3 feet high and weighing 789 pounds. Its twin fans of solar panels, when deployed, span almost 20 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 690px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4.jpg\" alt=\"The InSIGHT lander during its assembly and testing phase. The circular solar panels (shown deployed in this picture) are designed to unfold like oragami fans after landing. \" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4.jpg 690w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The InSIGHT lander during its assembly and testing phase. The circular solar panels (shown deployed in this picture) are designed to unfold like oragami fans after landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But InSIGHT’s scientific goals are very different from all past Mars landing missions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employing an instrument suite that includes a seismometer, a ground-penetrating temperature probe, and Doppler radiowave measurements, InSIGHT will investigate the interior structure of Mars, giving us a glimpse as deep as the planetary mantle and core.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But InSIGHT’s mission goals go beyond divining the internal structure and distributions of material within Mars. More broadly, scientists seek to understand how Mars, and by extension all of the solid \u003ca href=\"https://theplanets.org/terrestrial-planets/\">terrestrial planets\u003c/a> (Earth, Venus, and Mercury included), originally formed over five and a half billion years ago—under the assumption that they all formed under similar conditions and processes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT’s \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/seis/\">seismometer\u003c/a>, which will be placed on Mars’ surface with a robot arm — like a doctor’s stethoscope placed on a patient’s chest — will listen for seismic waves traveling through the planet’s interior. The tremors may be created by Marsquakes, meteorite impacts, or other weighty shifts of material. How those shock waves travel through Mars will let scientists piece together a sort of “sonogram” to probe structures and densities of Mars’ interior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/hp3/\">ground-penetrating probe\u003c/a> will bore downward through several meters of soil, pulling behind it a string of temperature sensors that will measure how quickly, and how much, heat is escaping from Mars’ interior. This data can provide insight to the thermal state of Mars’ core — how much heat remains from its original formation five billion years ago, and how much it has cooled and solidified since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934073\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration showing InSIGHT and a cutaway profile of the ground under the Elysium Planitia landing site. The seismometer (SEIS) is shown deployed on the ground (dome-shape to left), and the HP3 ground-boring temperature probe runs directly below. \" width=\"640\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-160x211.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-240x316.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-375x494.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-520x685.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration showing InSIGHT and a cutaway profile of the ground under the Elysium Planitia landing site. The seismometer (SEIS) is shown deployed on the ground (dome-shape to left), and the HP3 ground-boring temperature probe runs directly below. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Finally, an experiment known as RISE that \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/rise/\">measures the Doppler shift\u003c/a> of InSIGHT’s radio transmissions back to Earth will detect very tiny variations in Mars’ rotation: small wobbles and perturbations that can indicate fine details of internal structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is something like how a washing machine in the spin-dry cycle may vibrate or “dance” because of an imbalance in the laundry load. The frequency and degree of wobbling depends on the distribution of the wet spinning laundry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT will also have a camera. Even though its main mission is to probe Mars’ interior and understand how all the planets of the inner solar system originated, people back on Earth might be upset if we don’t get to see pictures of the surrounding landscape, even if it’s plain and flat. The camera will also help guide the placement of the seismometer and thermal probe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=LKLITDmm4NA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Landing Site in Sight: Elysium Planitia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what landing site has NASA chosen? With such different scientific objectives than its predecessors — the Vikings, Pathfinder, Spirit and Opportunity, Phoenix, and Curiosity — you might expect InSIGHT’s destination to be as unique and exotic as its deep-probing mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let me turn the question around for a moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were a Martian sending a robotic lander to Earth, where would you choose to land: Yosemite, or the great flat expanse of the Atacama Desert?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It depends on your goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yosemite would be a great spot for taking breathtaking panoramic landscape pictures, if your goal is to probe the interior of the planet, it doesn’t really matter where you land. In this case, you might be wise to choose as bland, flat, uninteresting—and safe—a spot as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6.jpg\" alt=\"Orbital image of a recent meteorite impact in Elysium Planitia, captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. \" width=\"780\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6.jpg 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-768x387.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-240x121.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-375x189.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-520x262.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orbital image of a recent meteorite impact in Elysium Planitia, captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And so, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7273&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=daily20181105-1\">NASA has chosen\u003c/a> the wide, very flat, very humdrum landscape of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia22232/insight-s-landing-site-elysium-planitia\">Elysium Planitia\u003c/a> to set InSIGHT upon, with much less concern for landing hazards like big rocks, hills, pits, and slopes than in Mars’ more rugged sightseeing spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>InSIGHT Won’t Be Alone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the moment there is only one functioning robot on Mars: the Curiosity rover, which is exploring the spectacular landscapes of Gale Crater and its central Mount Sharp looking for signs of past water — and finding plenty of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rover \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8364/update-on-opportunity-rover-recovery-efforts/\">Opportunity\u003c/a>, which last June went into a power-saving “sleep” mode in response to a major global dust storm, has not been heard from since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT will return Mars’ active robot population to two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In two more years from now, the count will bump up to three for the first time in history with the landing of the \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/\">Mars 2020 rover\u003c/a>, on its mission to look for signs of past Martian life.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After traveling 75 million miles since its launch last May, NASA’s \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/\">InSIGHT\u003c/a> spacecraft is scheduled to land on Mars on Monday, November 26 around noon, Pacific Time. NASA TV will \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/watch-online/?fbclid=IwAR0_xrqXsalbuKxsT_BUR1v2rg0YAqXJpvBAF7qhb2GkFpu1jgTXD290620\">cover the adventure\u003c/a> as a livestream. Trust me, you do not want to miss this spectacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last landing on Mars was six years ago, by the rover Curiosity. The next will not be until at least 2020, so InSIGHT’s upcoming \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/entry-descent-landing/\">entry, descent, and landing\u003c/a> is a rare opportunity to witness a hair-raising plunge into unexplored extraterrestrial territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have forgotten how thrilling this can be, let’s refresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the spacecraft hits the thin upper atmosphere 80 miles above the surface at over 12,000 miles per hour, striking heat-shield-first in a fiery reentry burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From this point until it sets down safely on the ground–a period of about six minutes–InSIGHT must successfully perform a serious of pre-programmed actions, without any assistance from people back on Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include the ejection of its heat shield, the deployment of its supersonic parachute, followed later by the deployment of its secondary, sub-sonic parachute, and finally a retrorocket-thrust-assisted soft landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, ground control on Earth had to wait until after landing even to get the “successful touchdown” ping from the spacecraft, and hours longer for the robot to relay the landing telemetry data. InSIGHT’s descent, however, will be monitored by two miniature “cubesat” spacecraft, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php\">MarCO,\u003c/a> that were launched with it and have followed along to Mars to relay the telemetry even as the spacecraft descends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1934075\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Artist illustration of the InSIGHT spacecraft approaching Mars for its November 26th entry, descent, and landing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insightenroutetomars7-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist illustration of the InSIGHT spacecraft approaching Mars for its November 26th entry, descent, and landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why We Land Robots to Mars\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the robotic landers and rovers before InSIGHT set out to see the sights and scratch the surface rocks and soils of Mars, from the \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/past/viking/\">Viking\u003c/a> landers in 1976 to the \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/\">Curiosity\u003c/a> rover in 2012. Their scientific goals were focused on the search for water, indications of life and clues to the planet’s past environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of their investigations have been exciting: turning up \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-lake-found-mars-water-polar-cap-life-space/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signs of liquid water\u003c/a> present today, and evidence of ancient precipitation, surface flows, deep lakes and wide seas of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-curiosity-rover-sharpens-paradox-of-ancient-mars\">liquid water\u003c/a> that paint a picture of a primordial Mars much more Earth-like, and potentially life-friendly, than the cold dry desert it is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is InSIGHT Looking For?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT (an abbreviation of Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport) is similar in design to the Phoenix lander, which set down in Mars’ extreme northern polar region in 2007 to investigate a vast reservoir of water ice detected from orbit. The lander is 5 feet long, 3 feet high and weighing 789 pounds. Its twin fans of solar panels, when deployed, span almost 20 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 690px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4.jpg\" alt=\"The InSIGHT lander during its assembly and testing phase. The circular solar panels (shown deployed in this picture) are designed to unfold like oragami fans after landing. \" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4.jpg 690w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-nasajplcaltech-lockheedmartin4-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The InSIGHT lander during its assembly and testing phase. The circular solar panels (shown deployed in this picture) are designed to unfold like oragami fans after landing. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But InSIGHT’s scientific goals are very different from all past Mars landing missions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employing an instrument suite that includes a seismometer, a ground-penetrating temperature probe, and Doppler radiowave measurements, InSIGHT will investigate the interior structure of Mars, giving us a glimpse as deep as the planetary mantle and core.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But InSIGHT’s mission goals go beyond divining the internal structure and distributions of material within Mars. More broadly, scientists seek to understand how Mars, and by extension all of the solid \u003ca href=\"https://theplanets.org/terrestrial-planets/\">terrestrial planets\u003c/a> (Earth, Venus, and Mercury included), originally formed over five and a half billion years ago—under the assumption that they all formed under similar conditions and processes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT’s \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/seis/\">seismometer\u003c/a>, which will be placed on Mars’ surface with a robot arm — like a doctor’s stethoscope placed on a patient’s chest — will listen for seismic waves traveling through the planet’s interior. The tremors may be created by Marsquakes, meteorite impacts, or other weighty shifts of material. How those shock waves travel through Mars will let scientists piece together a sort of “sonogram” to probe structures and densities of Mars’ interior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/hp3/\">ground-penetrating probe\u003c/a> will bore downward through several meters of soil, pulling behind it a string of temperature sensors that will measure how quickly, and how much, heat is escaping from Mars’ interior. This data can provide insight to the thermal state of Mars’ core — how much heat remains from its original formation five billion years ago, and how much it has cooled and solidified since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934073\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration showing InSIGHT and a cutaway profile of the ground under the Elysium Planitia landing site. The seismometer (SEIS) is shown deployed on the ground (dome-shape to left), and the HP3 ground-boring temperature probe runs directly below. \" width=\"640\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-160x211.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-240x316.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-375x494.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/insight-profile3-520x685.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration showing InSIGHT and a cutaway profile of the ground under the Elysium Planitia landing site. The seismometer (SEIS) is shown deployed on the ground (dome-shape to left), and the HP3 ground-boring temperature probe runs directly below. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Finally, an experiment known as RISE that \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/instruments/rise/\">measures the Doppler shift\u003c/a> of InSIGHT’s radio transmissions back to Earth will detect very tiny variations in Mars’ rotation: small wobbles and perturbations that can indicate fine details of internal structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is something like how a washing machine in the spin-dry cycle may vibrate or “dance” because of an imbalance in the laundry load. The frequency and degree of wobbling depends on the distribution of the wet spinning laundry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT will also have a camera. Even though its main mission is to probe Mars’ interior and understand how all the planets of the inner solar system originated, people back on Earth might be upset if we don’t get to see pictures of the surrounding landscape, even if it’s plain and flat. The camera will also help guide the placement of the seismometer and thermal probe.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/LKLITDmm4NA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/LKLITDmm4NA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Landing Site in Sight: Elysium Planitia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what landing site has NASA chosen? With such different scientific objectives than its predecessors — the Vikings, Pathfinder, Spirit and Opportunity, Phoenix, and Curiosity — you might expect InSIGHT’s destination to be as unique and exotic as its deep-probing mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let me turn the question around for a moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were a Martian sending a robotic lander to Earth, where would you choose to land: Yosemite, or the great flat expanse of the Atacama Desert?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It depends on your goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yosemite would be a great spot for taking breathtaking panoramic landscape pictures, if your goal is to probe the interior of the planet, it doesn’t really matter where you land. In this case, you might be wise to choose as bland, flat, uninteresting—and safe—a spot as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1934074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6.jpg\" alt=\"Orbital image of a recent meteorite impact in Elysium Planitia, captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. \" width=\"780\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6.jpg 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-768x387.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-240x121.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-375x189.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/11/elysiumplanitiaimpact-nasajpl6-520x262.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orbital image of a recent meteorite impact in Elysium Planitia, captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And so, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7273&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=daily20181105-1\">NASA has chosen\u003c/a> the wide, very flat, very humdrum landscape of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia22232/insight-s-landing-site-elysium-planitia\">Elysium Planitia\u003c/a> to set InSIGHT upon, with much less concern for landing hazards like big rocks, hills, pits, and slopes than in Mars’ more rugged sightseeing spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>InSIGHT Won’t Be Alone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the moment there is only one functioning robot on Mars: the Curiosity rover, which is exploring the spectacular landscapes of Gale Crater and its central Mount Sharp looking for signs of past water — and finding plenty of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rover \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8364/update-on-opportunity-rover-recovery-efforts/\">Opportunity\u003c/a>, which last June went into a power-saving “sleep” mode in response to a major global dust storm, has not been heard from since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>InSIGHT will return Mars’ active robot population to two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Get ready. The human race is about to go Interstellar! Again….\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the heels of Voyager 1’s historic 2012 breakout from our solar system, its twin,\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-2/in-depth/\"> Voyager 2\u003c/a>, has begun to detect signs that it too may be on the verge of entering interstellar space and crossing over to the great galactic beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voyager 2 has \u003ca href=\"https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=110\">measured an uptick in detected cosmic rays\u003c/a> similar to what Voyager 1 reported in the months before it crossed the border six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://home.cern/about/physics/cosmic-rays-particles-outer-space\">Cosmic rays\u003c/a> are extremely energetic particles — mostly high-speed protons and atomic nuclei — that originate from powerful events, like supernovas, across the Milky Way galaxy. 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That’s when a sailor knows they have departed continental conditions and entered deep ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now put the sun in the role of the sailor’s home continent. The sun’s influence on the space surrounding it includes its gravitational pull, the electromagnetic radiation it shines, and the rarefied “solar wind” that consists mostly of electrically charged hydrogen and helium nuclei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Voyager 1, the more distant of the Voyager pair, began to pass through the heliopause, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-278\">it was not immediately clear\u003c/a> to scientists when the final and official arrival at interstellar space occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as the wind and water currents at the boundary of continental influence and deep ocean may have an interaction zone of “choppy” conditions, so does the heliosphere generate some “turbulence” when it slams into the interstellar gases. 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But nothing so dramatic took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1933563\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram of Voyager's external instruments, including the twin "rabbit ears" antennas of the plasma wave detection system. \" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-375x282.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-520x392.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of Voyager’s external instruments, including the twin “rabbit ears” antennas of the plasma wave detection system. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, had there been a human astronaut on board looking out the window, they would never have noticed the passage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To detect the crossing, scientists had to look to the data collected by Voyager 1’s instruments. The most straightforward telltale of departure might have come from measurements of the temperature and density of plasma particles, registering a decrease in the hot but sparse ions of the solar wind and an increase of the cold but more abundant particles of interstellar space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, Voyager 1’s particle-detector instrument stopped working in the 1980s, shortly after its last planetary encounter, Saturn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, scientists relied on measurements from Voyager’s \u003ca href=\"http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/home.html\">plasma wave instrument\u003c/a>, a pair of radio antennas that listen for oscillations in the surrounding plasma. The frequency of oscillations can be used to calculate the plasma’s density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was initially some back-and-forth fluctuation in the plasma wave readings as Voyager 1 passed through the choppy fringes of the heliopause, but ultimately the spacecraft emerged into an environment where surrounding plasma was 40 times denser than inside the heliosphere — very close to what models of the interstellar environment predicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until late autumn in 2012 that Voyager scientists, looking back across several months of collected data, felt confident in pinpointing \u003ca href=\"https://www.universetoday.com/104717/its-official-voyager-1-is-now-in-interstellar-space/\">the moment that the human race went interstellar\u003c/a>, and though there was some debate over it, scientists eventually agreed the event occurred in August 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Voyager 2, NASA has been clear in stating that it’s not there yet. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Get ready. The human race is about to go Interstellar! Again….\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the heels of Voyager 1’s historic 2012 breakout from our solar system, its twin,\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-2/in-depth/\"> Voyager 2\u003c/a>, has begun to detect signs that it too may be on the verge of entering interstellar space and crossing over to the great galactic beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voyager 2 has \u003ca href=\"https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=110\">measured an uptick in detected cosmic rays\u003c/a> similar to what Voyager 1 reported in the months before it crossed the border six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://home.cern/about/physics/cosmic-rays-particles-outer-space\">Cosmic rays\u003c/a> are extremely energetic particles — mostly high-speed protons and atomic nuclei — that originate from powerful events, like supernovas, across the Milky Way galaxy. Within the confines of our sun’s extended magnetic field, cosmic rays are much less abundant than they are outside of its protection, and scientists reason that an increase in cosmic ray detections is an indicator that Voyager 2 may be approaching the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1933559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Artist concept of the Voyager spacecraft.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/voyager-nasa-jpl-caltech-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist conception of the Voyager spacecraft. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Voyagers’ passage to interstellar space is more than merely a historic milestone in space exploration. It means that we have scientific instruments in situ to probe and analyze the environment beyond our sun’s influence — not unlike how we place weather stations on buoys far out in the deep ocean to explore the conditions far from land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where is Interstellar Space?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exactly what marks the boundary line or “membrane” between our solar system and interstellar space hasn’t always had a clear definition. And, just as with any truly vast and nebulous thing, pinning down an exact point in space where the divide lies isn’t so clear-cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades ago, scientists talked about interstellar space as anywhere beyond the \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/\">Oort Cloud\u003c/a>, the vast and tenuous region of ice, dust and comets believed to envelop the sun and planets. Though there is scant physical evidence for the Oort Cloud’s existence, its outer boundary is believed to extend almost a light year into space. At its present speed, Voyager 2 would take over 15,000 years to reach that milestone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more recent years, scientists have turned their attention to the “\u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/focus-areas/heliosphere\">heliosphere\u003c/a>” as a more suitable signpost for interstellar space — something whose boundary is more measurable than the uncertain and distant extents of the Oort Cloud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heliosphere is a bubble-like region surrounding the sun where the environment is dominated by solar plasma particles and magnetic fields — the “\u003ca href=\"https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SolarWind.shtml\">solar wind\u003c/a>” that blows outward in all directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intervening zone where the solar wind slams into the gases and magnetism spread between stars of our galaxy is called the heliopause. It is this heliopause that scientists have defined as the boundary to \u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/interstellar/en/\">interstellar space\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Does a Space Traveler Know When They Have Crossed Into Interstellar Space?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If visualizing the passage from heliosphere via the heliopause to interstellar space is too enormous to get your head around (there’s no shame in this; it is quite big), try this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a sailor voyages out across the ocean, they may first travel through wind and water currents shaped by the land they departed. At some point as the land recedes and its geographical and meteorological influences ebb, and the ocean floor drops away to greater depths, the sailing environment changes. Wind and water currents of the deep ocean take over and begin to dominate. That’s when a sailor knows they have departed continental conditions and entered deep ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now put the sun in the role of the sailor’s home continent. The sun’s influence on the space surrounding it includes its gravitational pull, the electromagnetic radiation it shines, and the rarefied “solar wind” that consists mostly of electrically charged hydrogen and helium nuclei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Voyager 1, the more distant of the Voyager pair, began to pass through the heliopause, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-278\">it was not immediately clear\u003c/a> to scientists when the final and official arrival at interstellar space occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as the wind and water currents at the boundary of continental influence and deep ocean may have an interaction zone of “choppy” conditions, so does the heliosphere generate some “turbulence” when it slams into the interstellar gases. Voyager 1’s passage through the choppy heliopause was marked by several buffets before scientists finally declared clear interstellar sailing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When Voyager 1 Passed Through the Heliopause, Was There a Popping Noise?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can imagine that Voyager 1 was tossed and slammed by blasts of turbulence as it crashed dramatically through the heliopause, or that some kind of solar “membrane” was penetrated, possibly to pop! But nothing so dramatic took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1933563\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram of Voyager's external instruments, including the twin "rabbit ears" antennas of the plasma wave detection system. \" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-375x282.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/instruments_3-voyager-520x392.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of Voyager’s external instruments, including the twin “rabbit ears” antennas of the plasma wave detection system. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, had there been a human astronaut on board looking out the window, they would never have noticed the passage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To detect the crossing, scientists had to look to the data collected by Voyager 1’s instruments. The most straightforward telltale of departure might have come from measurements of the temperature and density of plasma particles, registering a decrease in the hot but sparse ions of the solar wind and an increase of the cold but more abundant particles of interstellar space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, Voyager 1’s particle-detector instrument stopped working in the 1980s, shortly after its last planetary encounter, Saturn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, scientists relied on measurements from Voyager’s \u003ca href=\"http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/home.html\">plasma wave instrument\u003c/a>, a pair of radio antennas that listen for oscillations in the surrounding plasma. The frequency of oscillations can be used to calculate the plasma’s density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was initially some back-and-forth fluctuation in the plasma wave readings as Voyager 1 passed through the choppy fringes of the heliopause, but ultimately the spacecraft emerged into an environment where surrounding plasma was 40 times denser than inside the heliosphere — very close to what models of the interstellar environment predicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until late autumn in 2012 that Voyager scientists, looking back across several months of collected data, felt confident in pinpointing \u003ca href=\"https://www.universetoday.com/104717/its-official-voyager-1-is-now-in-interstellar-space/\">the moment that the human race went interstellar\u003c/a>, and though there was some debate over it, scientists eventually agreed the event occurred in August 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Voyager 2, NASA has been clear in stating that it’s not there yet. 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"content": "\u003cp>Curious minds of all ages can rejoice: The \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/\">Bay Area Science Festival\u003c/a> is upon us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by UCSF, in collaboration with dozens of science and cultural institutions, the festival is brimming with hands-on programs and workshops designed for people of all ages. Whether it’s an intimate lecture at an Emeryville coffee shop, a haunted spook-shop in San Francisco, or a workshop that allows you to turn cells into cancer-killing superheroes, the nine-day affair promises something for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Science is kicking off the event, which runs from Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, with a special screening of its award-winning science series Deep Look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is a brief list of some of this year’s offerings. For more information, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/schedule/\">check out the festival’s schedule. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933312\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 351px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933312\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants at the BASF. (Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fri., Oct. 26\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED \u003cem>Deep Look\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/bluxome-center/\">Bluxome Center\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring a special screening of KQED’s award-winning science series, \u003cem>Deep Look\u003c/em>. Meet the producers and hear how they captured the stunning imagery for some of \u003cem>Deep Look‘s\u003c/em> creepy creature videos, including flesh-eating beetles, ticks, whispering bats and more. Plus, you’ll meet some of the researchers behind the videos and enjoy hands-on activities that might reveal your fear factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grounds for Science\u003cbr>\n6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/scarlet-city-espresso-bar/\">Scarlet City Espresso Bar\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enjoy cutting-edge science talks featuring UC Berkeley graduate students, science trivia, locally roasted coffee, pinball and more. Join Micah Brush (physics) and Wren Suess (astronomy) to learn more about the cosmic secrets of dark matter and galaxy formation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933301\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 353px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321-375x283.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing with robots at BASF. (Image courtesy: BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sat., Oct.27\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa Discovery Day\u003cbr>\n10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/csu-east-bay-concord-campus/\">CSU East Bay Concord Campus\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring more than 25 interactive exhibits showcasing science, technology and engineering from local businesses, museums and universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Bay Science Discovery Day\u003cbr>\n10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/sonoma-county-fairgrounds/\">Sonoma County Fairgrounds\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring family-friendly interactive workshops designed to get kids excited about STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Participate in fun activities like formula racing engineering, where you can race your own gravity-powered model. Or discover what it’s like to be a heart surgeon using the newest technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expand Her Potential in Science\u003cbr>\n11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/2040-valley-life-sciences-building/\">2040 Valley Life Sciences Building (UC Berkeley)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) have been around for generations and will continue to shape our world in the years to come. This program explores how adults can give young girls the tools they need to succeed in a STEM career. In this discussion with women STEM professionals, the program will explore popular media perception of STEM, the parent or guardian’s role in empowering their child to pursue a STEM career, and inspiring STEM resources for girls and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Creepy Halloween\u003cbr>\n11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Free with museum admission\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/lawrence-hall-of-science-2/\">Lawrence Hall of Science\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring special Halloween-themed activities in the Ingenuity Lab and Animal Discovery Room. Pumpkins will fly during this annual outdoor event. In the Ingenuity Lab, use the basics of engineering to design your own hydraulic lifts. Then, grab some pumpkins and test the strength of your hydraulic creation in this Halloween-themed activity for all ages. The event will also feature a collection of animal skeletons and brains along with the science behind their unique characteristics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sun., Oct.28\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imagine yourself on different planets at BASF. \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Interact with your imagination: Learn, Experience Holographic AR\u003cbr>\n1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/los-altos-library/\">Los Altos Library\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn how to create your own holographic augmented reality experiences in this introductory workshop hosted by Integem Inc. Come create your own fantasy world with Holographic Augmented Reality (HAR). This event is suitable for K-12 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mon., Oct. 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933310 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SciComm Studio 012: Beneath the Sea\u003cbr>\n6 p.m. – 9 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/swissnex-san-francisco/\">swissnex San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How can artists, scientists, and designers collaborate to create new methods of public engagement around marine conservation? swissnex San Francisco will host a conversation with Marie Griesmar, artist, diver, and science communicator. Marie will provide insights into her artistic process and her strategies for increasing awareness around coral reefs and environmental change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Habitarium and CA Trail Tour\u003cbr>\n2:45 p.m. – 4 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\nOakland Zoo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enjoy a special guided tour of the newly opened Habitarium and CA Trail exhibits. Guests will learn all about the new resident animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tue., Oct. 30\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933306\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933306 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hands-on Science at the Farmers Market\u003cbr>\n2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/south-berkeley-farmers-market-2/\">South Berkeley Farmers’ Market\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explore what you eat and learn about the biology, chemistry, physics and even math of your food. Get hands-on and join Cal scientists for some fun, food-related (and spooky!) investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turning Cells into Superheroes\u003cbr>\n6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/ucsf-mission-bay-campus-genentech-hall/\">UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn how UCSF scientists are turning cells into superheroes by engineering immune cells to kill cancer. Scientists will lead you through an interactive experience to design, build, and test a personalized cell therapy to treat a hypothetical cancer patient who has failed conventional treatment. Participants will also engineer immune T cells with the therapy they designed and use microscopy to test their ability to specifically kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wed., Oct. 31\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933307 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy BASF.) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mission Science SPOOK-shop!\u003cbr>\n5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/mission-science-workshop-2/\">Mission Science Workshop\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring exhibits that come to life and take over the workshop for one haunted evening! Come if you dare and explore the spooky side of science. Walk inside the belly of a (real!) whale, dissect an eyeball, meet the Mission’s friendliest python, dance with real animal calaveras and skeletons, and light up your costume with LEDs or get it moving with a motor at our tinkering table of terror. All ages are welcome!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">\u003cstrong>Thurs., Nov. 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933308 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321.png 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-160x61.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-800x304.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-768x292.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-240x91.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-375x142.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-520x198.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brains on Video Games\u003cbr>\n4 p.m. – 5 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/neuroscape-ucsf/\">Neuroscape UCSF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Showcasing a cutting-edge approach to improving brain function by building a bridge between neuroscience and fun technologies. Discover how video games are being developed to support treatment of brain disorders such as ADHD, autism, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroscape Research Labs are state-of-the-art programs designed to study novel, therapeutic approaches, with the primary goal of driving the rapid translation of neuroscience to real-world solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">Stephen Hawking: A Celebration of His Life and Work\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">6 p.m.-7\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">:30 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/san-francisco-public-library-koret-auditorium/\">San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content entry-content description\">\n\u003cp>Scientists and science enthusiasts are mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds and spirits of our time. In this introductory, nontechnical talk, Andrew Fraknoi will briefly summarize Hawking’s life, and talk about the importance of his scientific work. No background in science or math will be required, but be prepared to have your mind boggled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">Astronomy Night @ UC Berkeley\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">7 p.m.\u003c/span>– \u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">9:30 p.m., \u003c/span>Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/uc-berkeley-campbell-hall/\">UC Berkeley, Campbell Hall\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Come enjoy the final Astronomy Night of 2018! Featuring an astronomy talk and stargazing on the roof of Campbell Hall with a fleet of telescopes. Learn all about the search for extraterrestrial life, and how you can help search for ET too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933309\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 356px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321.jpg 426w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321-375x283.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">\u003cstrong>Fri., Nov. 2\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Most Unknown\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">7 p.m. \u003c/span>–\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">9 p.m., \u003c/span>Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/bluxome-center/\">Bluxome Center\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Most Unknown” is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity’s biggest questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">\u003cstrong>Sat., Nov. 3\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Discovery Day at AT&T Park\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">11 p.m.-\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">4:30 p.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/att-park/\">AT&T Park\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content entry-content description\">\n\u003cp>Come experience tons of dynamic demonstrations, engaging experiments, and geeky games led by Bay Area scientists and engineers. The entire ballpark will be packed with science content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">Possible Self STEM Expo\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">8:30 p.m. \u003c/span>– \u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">3:30 p.m., \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"tribe-events-cost\">Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/foothill-college-sunnyvale-campue/\">Foothill College – Sunnyvale Campue\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring a daylong program, middle-school aged students will take part in multiple Science-, Technology-, Engineering-, and Math- oriented sessions. Students will sign up for activities at the beginning of the day. There will also be an event connecting students with mentoring programs in the Bay Area. This will allow students to follow up with their STEM experiences throughout the year. This opportunity is open to all students. Youth from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM are especially encouraged to attend!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Curious minds of all ages can rejoice: The \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/\">Bay Area Science Festival\u003c/a> is upon us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by UCSF, in collaboration with dozens of science and cultural institutions, the festival is brimming with hands-on programs and workshops designed for people of all ages. Whether it’s an intimate lecture at an Emeryville coffee shop, a haunted spook-shop in San Francisco, or a workshop that allows you to turn cells into cancer-killing superheroes, the nine-day affair promises something for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Science is kicking off the event, which runs from Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, with a special screening of its award-winning science series Deep Look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is a brief list of some of this year’s offerings. For more information, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/schedule/\">check out the festival’s schedule. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933312\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 351px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933312\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/hires_11.05.16_BASF_G9_58_53-1030x688-1.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants at the BASF. (Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fri., Oct. 26\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED \u003cem>Deep Look\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/bluxome-center/\">Bluxome Center\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring a special screening of KQED’s award-winning science series, \u003cem>Deep Look\u003c/em>. Meet the producers and hear how they captured the stunning imagery for some of \u003cem>Deep Look‘s\u003c/em> creepy creature videos, including flesh-eating beetles, ticks, whispering bats and more. Plus, you’ll meet some of the researchers behind the videos and enjoy hands-on activities that might reveal your fear factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grounds for Science\u003cbr>\n6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/scarlet-city-espresso-bar/\">Scarlet City Espresso Bar\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enjoy cutting-edge science talks featuring UC Berkeley graduate students, science trivia, locally roasted coffee, pinball and more. Join Micah Brush (physics) and Wren Suess (astronomy) to learn more about the cosmic secrets of dark matter and galaxy formation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933301\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 353px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/ccdd-425x321-375x283.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing with robots at BASF. (Image courtesy: BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sat., Oct.27\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa Discovery Day\u003cbr>\n10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/csu-east-bay-concord-campus/\">CSU East Bay Concord Campus\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring more than 25 interactive exhibits showcasing science, technology and engineering from local businesses, museums and universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Bay Science Discovery Day\u003cbr>\n10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/sonoma-county-fairgrounds/\">Sonoma County Fairgrounds\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring family-friendly interactive workshops designed to get kids excited about STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Participate in fun activities like formula racing engineering, where you can race your own gravity-powered model. Or discover what it’s like to be a heart surgeon using the newest technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expand Her Potential in Science\u003cbr>\n11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/2040-valley-life-sciences-building/\">2040 Valley Life Sciences Building (UC Berkeley)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) have been around for generations and will continue to shape our world in the years to come. This program explores how adults can give young girls the tools they need to succeed in a STEM career. In this discussion with women STEM professionals, the program will explore popular media perception of STEM, the parent or guardian’s role in empowering their child to pursue a STEM career, and inspiring STEM resources for girls and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Creepy Halloween\u003cbr>\n11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Free with museum admission\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/lawrence-hall-of-science-2/\">Lawrence Hall of Science\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring special Halloween-themed activities in the Ingenuity Lab and Animal Discovery Room. Pumpkins will fly during this annual outdoor event. In the Ingenuity Lab, use the basics of engineering to design your own hydraulic lifts. Then, grab some pumpkins and test the strength of your hydraulic creation in this Halloween-themed activity for all ages. The event will also feature a collection of animal skeletons and brains along with the science behind their unique characteristics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sun., Oct.28\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Integem_BASF-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imagine yourself on different planets at BASF. \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Interact with your imagination: Learn, Experience Holographic AR\u003cbr>\n1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/los-altos-library/\">Los Altos Library\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn how to create your own holographic augmented reality experiences in this introductory workshop hosted by Integem Inc. Come create your own fantasy world with Holographic Augmented Reality (HAR). This event is suitable for K-12 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mon., Oct. 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933310 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/SciCommStudio012-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SciComm Studio 012: Beneath the Sea\u003cbr>\n6 p.m. – 9 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/swissnex-san-francisco/\">swissnex San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How can artists, scientists, and designers collaborate to create new methods of public engagement around marine conservation? swissnex San Francisco will host a conversation with Marie Griesmar, artist, diver, and science communicator. Marie will provide insights into her artistic process and her strategies for increasing awareness around coral reefs and environmental change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Habitarium and CA Trail Tour\u003cbr>\n2:45 p.m. – 4 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\nOakland Zoo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enjoy a special guided tour of the newly opened Habitarium and CA Trail exhibits. Guests will learn all about the new resident animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tue., Oct. 30\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933306\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933306 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/farmersmarket-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hands-on Science at the Farmers Market\u003cbr>\n2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/south-berkeley-farmers-market-2/\">South Berkeley Farmers’ Market\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explore what you eat and learn about the biology, chemistry, physics and even math of your food. Get hands-on and join Cal scientists for some fun, food-related (and spooky!) investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turning Cells into Superheroes\u003cbr>\n6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/ucsf-mission-bay-campus-genentech-hall/\">UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn how UCSF scientists are turning cells into superheroes by engineering immune cells to kill cancer. Scientists will lead you through an interactive experience to design, build, and test a personalized cell therapy to treat a hypothetical cancer patient who has failed conventional treatment. Participants will also engineer immune T cells with the therapy they designed and use microscopy to test their ability to specifically kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wed., Oct. 31\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933307 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321.jpg 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-160x61.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-800x304.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-768x292.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-240x91.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-375x142.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/MissionScience-845x321-520x198.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy BASF.) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mission Science SPOOK-shop!\u003cbr>\n5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/mission-science-workshop-2/\">Mission Science Workshop\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring exhibits that come to life and take over the workshop for one haunted evening! Come if you dare and explore the spooky side of science. Walk inside the belly of a (real!) whale, dissect an eyeball, meet the Mission’s friendliest python, dance with real animal calaveras and skeletons, and light up your costume with LEDs or get it moving with a motor at our tinkering table of terror. All ages are welcome!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">\u003cstrong>Thurs., Nov. 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 845px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933308 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321.png 845w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-160x61.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-800x304.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-768x292.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-240x91.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-375x142.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/BrainsonVideoGames-1-845x321-520x198.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brains on Video Games\u003cbr>\n4 p.m. – 5 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/neuroscape-ucsf/\">Neuroscape UCSF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Showcasing a cutting-edge approach to improving brain function by building a bridge between neuroscience and fun technologies. Discover how video games are being developed to support treatment of brain disorders such as ADHD, autism, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroscape Research Labs are state-of-the-art programs designed to study novel, therapeutic approaches, with the primary goal of driving the rapid translation of neuroscience to real-world solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">Stephen Hawking: A Celebration of His Life and Work\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">6 p.m.-7\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">:30 p.m., Free\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/san-francisco-public-library-koret-auditorium/\">San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content entry-content description\">\n\u003cp>Scientists and science enthusiasts are mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds and spirits of our time. In this introductory, nontechnical talk, Andrew Fraknoi will briefly summarize Hawking’s life, and talk about the importance of his scientific work. No background in science or math will be required, but be prepared to have your mind boggled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">Astronomy Night @ UC Berkeley\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">7 p.m.\u003c/span>– \u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">9:30 p.m., \u003c/span>Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/uc-berkeley-campbell-hall/\">UC Berkeley, Campbell Hall\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Come enjoy the final Astronomy Night of 2018! Featuring an astronomy talk and stargazing on the roof of Campbell Hall with a fleet of telescopes. Learn all about the search for extraterrestrial life, and how you can help search for ET too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1933309\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 356px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1933309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321.jpg 426w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/themostunknown-426x321-375x283.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of BASF) \u003ccite>(bayareasciencefestival.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">\u003cstrong>Fri., Nov. 2\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Most Unknown\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">7 p.m. \u003c/span>–\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">9 p.m., \u003c/span>Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/bluxome-center/\">Bluxome Center\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Most Unknown” is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity’s biggest questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">\u003cstrong>Sat., Nov. 3\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Discovery Day at AT&T Park\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">11 p.m.-\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">4:30 p.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/att-park/\">AT&T Park\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content entry-content description\">\n\u003cp>Come experience tons of dynamic demonstrations, engaging experiments, and geeky games led by Bay Area scientists and engineers. The entire ballpark will be packed with science content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary entry-title\">Possible Self STEM Expo\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">8:30 p.m. \u003c/span>– \u003cspan class=\"tribe-event-time\">3:30 p.m., \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"tribe-events-cost\">Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/venue/foothill-college-sunnyvale-campue/\">Foothill College – Sunnyvale Campue\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring a daylong program, middle-school aged students will take part in multiple Science-, Technology-, Engineering-, and Math- oriented sessions. Students will sign up for activities at the beginning of the day. There will also be an event connecting students with mentoring programs in the Bay Area. This will allow students to follow up with their STEM experiences throughout the year. This opportunity is open to all students. Youth from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM are especially encouraged to attend!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Do you know the name of the next robotic explorer to set down on the planet Mars? Better still, do you want to name it? If you’re a student age 18 or younger, you have a shot at it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re interested, get your essay-writing game on. NASA will soon be holding a contest to select the official name for its Mars 2020 rover, scheduled to land on Mars in two years on a mission to search for signs of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA is currently reviewing \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8369/nasa-seeking-partner-in-contest-to-name-next-mars-rover/\">proposals from non-profit and educational institutions\u003c/a> to conduct the essay contest, which will take place in the 2019 academic school year. Students from kindergarten to the 12th grade will be given the opportunity to submit an essay championing their name choice for the rover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1932541\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1932541\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"Artist concept of the Mars 2020 rover, scheduled to set down on Mars in two years on a mission to search for signs of life.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/mars2020-nasa-jpl-caltech-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist’s conception of the Mars 2020 rover, scheduled to set down on Mars in two years on a mission to search for signs of life. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>All Martian Rovers Were Named By Kids\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mars 2020 won’t be the first robotic rover named by a youth. In fact, not only has every Mars rover been named by a student, every one of the winning essay writers was a pre-teen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1932545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1932545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/clarama-curiosity4.jpg\" alt=\"Clara Ma, winner of the essay contest to name the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, poses before a model of the rover.\" width=\"500\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/clarama-curiosity4.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/clarama-curiosity4-160x214.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/clarama-curiosity4-240x321.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/clarama-curiosity4-375x501.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clara Ma, winner of the essay contest to name the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, poses before a model of the rover. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory rover, now exploring the water-laid sediments of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater, was named Curiosity by then 11-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://mashable.com/2012/11/16/clara-ma-curiosity-rover/#uyoXb4em6gqF\">Clara Ma\u003c/a>. Clara won the naming prize with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/essay-20090527.html\">essay \u003c/a>less than 250 words long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Curiosity is the passion that drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to ask questions and to wonder. ” — \u003cem>Excerpt from Clara Ma’s essay\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Going back a few years from Curiosity, the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, which landed in 2004, were bestowed the names \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/newsroom/pressreleases/20030608a.html\">Spirit and Opportunity\u003c/a> by 9-year-old Sofi Collis of Scottsdale, Arizona, an adopted orphan born in Siberia. She wrote the winning 50-word essay, saying, “In America, I can make all my dreams come true. Thank you for the ‘Spirit’ and the ‘Opportunity.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Spirit ceased communicating with Earth back in 2010 during its ongoing exploration of Gusev Crater, its twin, Opportunity, was still active up to last June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opportunity went into a protective “sleep” mode during a major global dust storm that cut off sunlight to its solar panels. The dust has now mostly settled, but it’s not clear whether Opportunity will wake up and continue exploring the possibly water-carved Perseverance Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings us back to the first-ever Mars rover, the mobile component of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/specials/pathfinder20/\">Pathfinder \u003c/a>landing mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1932547\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 256px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1932547 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/sojourner-movie.en_.gif\" alt=\"The first Mars rover, Sojourner, crawled around on Mars in 1997. \" width=\"256\" height=\"248\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first Mars rover, Sojourner, crawled around on Mars in 1997. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1995, the announcement of this robot’s naming contest was posted in the January issue of the National Science Teachers Association’s magazine, “Science and Children.” Students were invited to write an essay about the historic accomplishments of a selected heroine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essays were accepted from all over the world, including almost 1,700 from students 5 to 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/MPF/rover/name.html\">winner\u003c/a> was 12-year-old Valerie Ambrose of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who selected Sojourner Truth as her essay subject, an African-American reformist around the time of the Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Fun, and somewhat-related, fact:\u003c/em> Pluto was named by an 11-year-old girl from Oxford, England — Venetia Burney — following a worldwide call for naming suggestions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mars 2020\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/\">Mars 2020 rover\u003c/a> (what will you name it?) is a physical twin of Curiosity, but will be equipped with a different set of scientific instruments and \u003ca href=\"https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/goals/\">goals\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where Curiosity was designed to investigate and assess the history of water on Mars and its suitability to have sustained life, Mars 2020 will search directly for signs of past life on the Red Planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1932549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1932549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-800x450.gif\" alt=\"The Mars 2020 rover will land a bit differently than its predecessors, selecting its final landing site with more care. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-800x450.gif 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-160x90.gif 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-768x432.gif 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-1020x574.gif 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-1200x675.gif 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-1180x664.gif 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-960x540.gif 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-240x135.gif 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-375x211.gif 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/10/Mars2020-Landing-Technique-animated-520x293.gif 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mars 2020 rover will land a bit differently than its predecessors, selecting its final landing site with more care. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mars 2020 will analyze rocks for “biosignatures” of past Martian life, as well as assess past climate conditions. 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