Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars…
On January 31, 2014, NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars captured its first view of Earth from the surface of the Red Planet — a striking image that shows our home planet as a bright light in the Martian sky, with the moon shining nearby.
On January 10, 2014, the WhiteKnightTwo, Virgin Galactic’s beautiful “Carrier Aircraft” deployed SpaceShipTwo, a reusable space vehicle, where at an altitude of 46,000 feet, its rocket engine fired for only 20 seconds and propelled her to the intended altitude of 71,000 feet – ¼ the distance to outer space. Continue reading
