Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... By admin January 21, 2011 Posted in: Robot Exploration . A UFO hovers in the Martian sky (Image credit:NASA/JPL) . The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity is too heavy to slam into the rocky plains of Mars encased in airbags like its predecessors, so this imaginative and complex system was devised instead. ... Is there a video anywhere on the internet of a test of the ?sky crane? rockets? ...

MINUTES OF THE SEVENTY FOURTH MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HELD ON 19 JUNE 2008 AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE OBSERVATORY BOARDROOM Present: His Grace, the Most Reverend A.E.T.Harper, (Chair), Dr F. Byrne, Archdeacon R. Hoey, Professor M. Merrifield, Professor A. Hibbert, Mrs Sue Hogg, Professor P. Dufton and Professor J. Dyson Dr а. Downey and Professor E Meurs Professor M. Bailey, Dr T. Mason and Mr L. Young Apologies: In attendance: 1. ... MINUTES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 19 June 2008 Page 2 4.3. ...