Tag: Mars

• Listen to me on the BBC

  I’ll be on the BBC World Service program Newsday tonight (September 23) at 11:30 US Eastern time, to talk about Mars. The immediate reason is the arrival of two new probes: NASA’s MAVEN mission, which entered orbit Sunday evening, and India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (nicknamed Mangalyaan), which will begin orbiting Mars tonight. Tune in and…

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 23, 2014

  Astronomy, Metablog

  Mars, Space exploration