Despite all the hysteria around the Internet concerning NASA’s recent mission to bomb the Moon, the “bomb” turned out to be a dud. There was no collosal explosion that some feared would crack the Moon in half. No sign was taken by cultures that revere the Moon that the end of the world and the [...]
Here are the very first images from Mars Phoenix Lander. In the upper left image the solar panel array that provides power to the lander can be seen to have deployed and the lander now has power. The image to the right depicts one of the lander’s three leg pads.
The first view of the Martian landscape [...]
And with those words, NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander became the first soft touchdown on legs of a space craft on another planet in more than 30 years. Phoenix landed flawlessly in the northern polar region of Mars at 6:53 PM U.S. Central Time. Congratulations to the men and women of JPL, NASA, and the University of Arizona! Once Phoenix has unfurled [...]
Though this website has been around in one form or another for years, it’s potential has yet to be realised. So, on this evening while monitoring the landing on the planet Mars by NASA’s Phoenix Lander spacecraft, CosmicNeon.com is reborn with a new purpose and a new mission to provide news and commentary on the [...]