“It was the most beautiful thing I’ve seen.” In celebration of InSight’s successful launch, the Robinson Family Aerospace Mission reflects on the launch of the Phoenix Mars Lander. August 4, 2007, at 5:26 a.m. ET, the Phoenix Mars Lander launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, escorted by a Boeing Delta II rocket. … Continue reading DAY 6: The Rise of the Phoenix
Liftoff! At 4:05 a.m. PT/7:05 a.m. ET, InSight blasted off the launch pad of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, heading towards the Red Planet. InSight’s launch from the Golden State made history as the first interplanetary mission to launch from the West Coast. Those residing in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles … Continue reading DAY 5: The Launch
First CubeSat. As launch day approaches for the InSight Mars Lander, it also approaches for NASA’s technological experiment, MarCO, otherwise known as Mars Cube One. MarCOs are twin interplanetary CubeSats that are designed to track InSight’s movements before landing on Mars. The nano-spacecrafts will follow InSight as they take their own path to the Red … Continue reading DAY 4: MarCO
Countdown to Launch! Elysium Planitia, Mars, will soon be the home of NASA’s new Martian mission: InSight. The InSight Mars Lander is expected to launch Saturday, May 5, 2018, and begin its mission to study Mars. InSight, which is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, will analyze the crust, mantle … Continue reading DAY 3: InSight Mars Lander
140 Students. Visions of Mars. A Legacy. Oct. 31, 2006, two months into the school year, The Planetary Society issued a press release to people around the globe to fly their names to Mars via the Phoenix Mars Lander. With a mission to promote space exploration, The Planetary Society afforded their members and beyond the … Continue reading DAY 2: Phoenix Kids
The Phoenix Mars Lander was a stepping stone for NASA. Continue reading DAY 1: PHOENIX MARS LANDER
The Robinson Family Aerospace Mission has officially kicked off their 2018 May celebration of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Continue reading MAY CELEBRATION HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN
Robinson Family Aerospace Mission’s featured book: Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration Our featured book is Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration by Buzz Aldrin. In his 258 page book, Buzz Aldrin maps out his vision for Mars and its future explorers. As an astronaut who partook in mankind’s giant leap during the … Continue reading Feature: Mission to Mars
Robinson Family Aerospace Mission’s featured book: Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission Our featured book is Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission by Andrew Kessler. In his 341 page book, Andrew Kessler recounts his ninety day journey with … Continue reading Feature: Martian Summer
Willie Robinson presented Tuskegee: The Untold Story on February 25, 2018, which highlighted the aviatrix, Willa Beatrice Brown and activist, Mamie Till-Mobley. The presentation began with Mr. Robinson welcoming his audience to a never before seen program, packed with groundbreaking historical information. The program opened with an introduction to the early African American aviation pioneers, who … Continue reading Tuskegee: The Untold Story
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