A seismometer aboard the Viking 2 lander failed to detect any quakes on this red planet
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ch11-5 - NASA History Homepage  The Red Planet has only very, very small amounts of water vapor and no ... When Viking first landed, its instruments detected a steady decrease in the mean ... While the Viking 2 seismometer performed satisfactorily, the Viking 1 failure .... experiments aboard the lander were those which sampled the planet's surface.
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Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack  A SEISMOMETER ABOARD THE VIKING 2 LANDER FAILED TO DETECT ANY QUAKES ON THIS RED PLANET, MARS. THE TOTAL ... BETELGUESE IS A RED SUPERGIANT IN THIS CONSTELLATION OF THE HUNTER, ORION. CP 1919, THE .... THE 2 PLANETS THAT HAVE NO MOONS, MERCURY AND VENUS.
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Viking program - Wikipedia  The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the planet from the surface. ..... The Viking landers conducted biological experiments designed to detect life...
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Viking 2: Second Landing on Mars - Space.com  Dec 6, 2012 ... Viking 2 was the second NASA spacecraft to make a soft landing on Mars. ... and  like its predecessor  found a sterile soil that held no clear evidence ... Viking 2's lander touched the Red Planet just weeks after its sibling, Viking 1. ... Because Viking 1's seismometer failed, this made Viking 2's findings all...
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Viking at 40: How NASA Mission Brought Mars Into the Light  Jul 20, 2016 ... NASA's Viking 1 lander touched down on Mars 40 years ago today (July 20), marking the start of the up-close investigation of the Red Planet. ... The duo also famously conducted life-detection experiments whose results are still ... Viking 2's seismometer picked up magnitude-3-level marsquakes, though the...
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory - Wikipedia  The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting light from 20 keV to 30 GeV in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000. ... Atlantis during STS-37 on April 5, 1991, and operated until its deorbit on June 4, 2000. ... Agency and various universities, as well as the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
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Venus Probe Is Believed Succeeding - The New York Times  2 Western Plans to Curb A-Tests Given to Soviet: U.S. British Proposal Urges ... journey toward Venus, the earth's mysterious neighboring planet. ... Mariner I, last July 21, failed when an erroneous guidance signal sent the launching rocket off course. ... A month of check-out work on Mariner II, after the near-success of the...
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BIS Radio Show #857 | Beats in Space  BIS Radio Show #857October 25 2016. Pt 1 with: Eug 1. ... Enmetertre - Slirigt Beat - (Forthcoming) Jens Records 16. ... Earth Boys October 27, 2016 12:55 PM.
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Very high silicon content surprises Mars researchers  Niels Bohr ...  Dec 17, 2015 ... New results from the Mars rover Curosity show that some rocks in Gale Crater ... The Danish Mars Group at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen participates in NASA's Mars mission, Mars ... on the surface at a certain place called Elk. Jens Frydenvang reported that in ... skaarup@nbi.dk.
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Viking 1 - Wikipedia  Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. On July 20, 1976, it became the first spacecraft to...
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Epicenter of Cool | L.A. Weekly  Apr 19, 2006 ... An earthquake in Los Angeles just isn't an earthquake until Dr. Kate says it is. ... Kate Hutton, staff seismologist at Caltech's Seismological Laboratory, is part of ... while her compatriot, Dr. Lucy Jones (bobbed red hair, glasses, ... Hazards Team at the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena. Upcoming Events.
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Ch 4_California Print Ready 2016.09.07.pdf - Department of Energy  Sep 1, 2016 ... 4-80. Figure 4.1.4-3: Section 403(d) Impaired Waters of California, 2014 ...... microwave, wireless, and satellite systems providing voice, data, and video services (BLS, ...... typically do not reach magnitudes higher than 6.0 on the Richter scale ... (measured in Peak Ground Acceleration) that have a 2 percent...
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Monitoring Instruments - USGS Earthquake Hazards Program  Apr 6, 2016 ... These instruments monitor the change in crustal strain near active faults and ... consists of a stainless-steel cylinder with an annulus filled with silicone oil. ... A commercial drill rig is used to drill and case 6" to 8" diameter holes and to ... Tiltmeters are highly sensitive instruments used to measure ground tilt...
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Heavy hydrogen excess hints at Martian vapour loss | New Scientist  Dec 4, 2012 ... NASA's Curiosity rover has found an unusually high proportion of heavy hydrogen in the Martian soil that may help pin down how Mars lost its...
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Celebrating 50 Years of Exploring the Red Planet | NASA  Understanding the Red Planet has been a long-standing objective of NASA ... Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Mars on November 13, 1971. ... Viking 1 became the first successful mission to land on Mars on July 20, 1976. .... While 50 years of experience has shown us that exploring Mars is never...
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Lab 10 - Earthquake Epicenter Location  The point within the earth where the actual movement takes place is called the ... from records made of earthquake waves on devices called seismographs. ... Since P-waves travel faster than S-waves do, the seismograph will detect ... The time difference, as recorded on a clock, between when the P-waves and S-waves...
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Mars Polar Lander - Wikipedia  The Mars Polar Lander, also known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander, was a 290-kilogram robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on January 3, 1999 to study the soil and climate of ... Jump to: navigation, search .... With the orbiter lost on September 23, 1999, the lander would still be able to ..... The Planetary Society.
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Viking 1: First U.S. Lander on Mars - Space.com  Oct 26, 2012 ... The images that Viking 1 sent back to Earth defined our view of the red planet for decades. ... It followed a series of short-lived Soviet probes that either landed or crashed ... Its successful landing on July 20, 1976, provided a window into ... program called Voyager (not to be confused with the Voyager 1 and...
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Viking at 40: How NASA Mission Brought Mars Into the Light  Jul 20, 2016 ... The first color image taken from the Martian surface, by NASA's Viking 1 lander on July 21, 1976, revealed a pink sky. ... to the NASA History Series book "On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet," by Edward Ezell and Linda Ezell. ... These experiments quickly got a lot of people excited, for they picked up...
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Viking 1 - Wikipedia  Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's ... Following launch using a Titan/Centaur launch vehicle on August 20, 1975, ... The Viking 1 Orbiter was inserted into Mars orbit on June 19, 1976, and ... Transmission of the first surface image began 25 seconds after landing and...
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Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package - Wikipedia  The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) comprised a set of scientific ... Passive Lunar Seismic Experiment: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank ... Lunar Tri-axis Magnetometer: NASA Ames Research Center, C. P. Sonett; .... version called the Early Apollo Surface Experiments Package (EASEP).