Landing on Mars

With today’s successful launch of the Mars 2020 mission, NASA continues its legacy of exploration in the solar system. While this most recent mission will push technological boundaries and make new discoveries of its own, there have been numerous prior missions to Mars that are worth checking out!

Mars is visible in the early morning sky and will continue progressing to the evening sky over the coming weeks, we’ll show you how to find it as it grows closer. 

Read more about Mars 2020 here: 

NASA Launches Perseverance Rover for Mars - Sky & Telescope

Now there are three. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket roared to life at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida today at 7:50 a.m. EDT / 11:50 UT, with NASA's latest Mars mission, the Perseverance rover, aboard.

This video shows the descent and landing of Curiosity on the Martian surface in 2012: 


Find the latest updates and images from the Curiosity rover here:

Home | Curiosity - NASA's Mars Exploration Program

NASA's real-time portal for Mars exploration, featuring the latest news, images, and discoveries from the Red Planet.

In local news, a rare meteor was captured on video over Golden breaking up in the atmosphere (called a “bolide”), you can view the footage and read more here:

The sky is not falling, but a crazy meteor did explode over Colorado Tuesday night

Meteor exploded as it burned up in earth's atmosphere, CU astronomer says An exploding meteor caught on video in the sky over Golden and posted Tuesday night on Reddit and Twitter has lots of people wondering what might have been the cause. And let's face it: In 2020, it would seem almost anything is possible.

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