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Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 20h

#Martian
On this sol in 182 (1952 June 27):
Tales of Tomorrow, Season 1 Episode 39, “Appointment on Mars” airdate. Three astronauts land on Mars, hoping to find valuable minerals. After discovering a rich deposit of uranium ore, one of the men becomes increasingly paranoid.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 21h

#Martian
On this sol in 170 (1929 December 01):
“The Lost Martian” by Henry Harbers appeared in Science Wonder Stories (date approximate). On Mars there is a feeling of loss and mourning because of the presumed death of the great scientist Ruthen.
Interior art by Frank R. Paul.

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Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 21h

#Martian
On this sol in 132 (1858 June 11):
Angelo Secchi drew a sketch of Mars. “The planet presents a variety of prodigious and indescribable hues. The large blue channel is followed by a green border on the left which extends to a yellow spot."

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 21h

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 13.
LS 165.2°
Curiosity Sol 4707
Perseverance Sol 1672
On this sol in 149 (1890 June 01):
Harvard University astronomers photographed Mars. Tyrrhenum Mare, Syrtis Minor, Syrtis Major, and Sinus Sabaeus are identifiable.

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Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 1d

#Martian
On this sol in 158 (1907 May 06):
Yevgenij Mikhajlovich Pomeschikov (Евгений Михайлович Помещиков) was born; Soviet screenwriter; co-wrote the screenplay for the motion picture Небо зовет (The Sky Calls) (1959).

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 1d

#Martian
On this sol in 150 (1892 April 18):
In Journey to Mars by Gustavus W. Pope (1894), Altfoura Yuvaraja Thullivarrh revealed to Lieutenant Frederick Hamilton that he and his men had come from Mars and offered to take him to his planet.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 1d

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 12, my 38th birthsol.
LS 164.6°
Curiosity Sol 4706
Perseverance Sol 1671
On this sol in 132 (1858 June 10):
Angelo Secchi drew a sketch of Mars. Deucalionis Regio, Sabaeus Sinus, Meridiani Sinus, and Mare Acidalium are identifiable.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 2d

#Martian
On this sol in 206 (1997 August 14):
MPF Sol 41: This image of the Sojourner rover was taken near the end of daytime operations. The right front wheel is parked on a small rock, perching the left front wheel above the surface. Behind the rover is the rock Wedge.
—NASA/JPL

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 2d

#Martian
On this sol in 158 (1907 May 06):
MARS IN 1907.
www.nytimes.com/1907/05/06/a...

MARS IN 1907. (Published 1907)

www.nytimes.com

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 2d

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 11.
LS 164.1°
Curiosity Sol 4705
Perseverance Sol 1670
On this sol in 132 (1858 June 09):
Angelo Secchi drew a sketch of Mars. Syrtis Major, Nilosyrtis, Deucalionis Regio, Sabaeus Sinus, Meridiani Sinus, Margaritifer Sinus, and Mare Acidalium are identifiable.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 4d

#Martian
On this sol in 196 (1978 October 24):
Viking Orbiter 1 frame 859A05 imaged the Cydonia Face and nearby surface features with a resolution of 582 meters.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 4d

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 10.
LS 163.5°
Curiosity Sol 4704
Perseverance Sol 1669
On this sol in 132 (1858 June 08):
Angelo Secchi drew a sketch of Mars. Syrtis Major, Nilosyrtis, Sabaeus Sinus, Meridiani Sinus, Deucalionis Regio, Margaritifer Sinus, and Mare Acidalium are identifiable.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 4d

#Martian
On this sol in 186 (1960 January 01):
The song “The Warhorns of Mars” by the British electronic musician Desmond Leslie was released on the vinyl LP Music of the Future (date approximate).

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Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 4d

#Martian
On this sol in 153 (1897 December 06):
Part 1 of Fighters from Mars, or The War of the Worlds appeared in The New York Evening Journal, an unauthorized edited version of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, in which the primary venue was changed to New Jersey and New York City.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 4d

#Martian
On this sol in 138 (1869 September 19):
Spiritualist Anne Denton Cridge conducted the last of her fourteen “examinations” of Mars.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 4d

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 09.
LS 163.0°
Curiosity Sol 4703
Perseverance Sol 1668
On this sol in 132 (1858 June 07):
Angelo Secchi drew a sketch of Mars.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 5d

#Martian
On this sol in 206 (1997 August 11):
MPF Sol 38: This preliminary enhanced color image mosaic of the area northeast of the lander was made using images acquired in the afternoon of Sol 20 (top portion of the mosaic) and Sol 38 (bottom portion of the mosaic) by the Imager.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 5d

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On this sol in 198 (1982 July 26):
The Pat Metheny Group recorded the song “Mars” at the Mesa Centennial Hall in Mesa, Arizona.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 5d

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 08.
LS 162.4°
Curiosity Sol 4702
Perseverance Sol 1667
On this sol in 138 (1869 September 17):
Spiritualist Anne Denton Cridge conducted the thirteenth of her fourteen “examinations” of Mars.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 5d

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 08.
LS 162.4°
Curiosity Sol 4702
Perseverance Sol 1667
On this sol in 138 (1869 September 17):
Spiritualist Anne Denton Cridge conducted the thirteenth of her fourteen “examinations” of Mars.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 6d

#Martian
On this sol in 180 (1948 September 15):
“The Long Years” by Ray Bradbury appeared in Maclean’s. A family of Earth colonists was stranded on Mars twenty years ago when they missed the order to evacuate. Now, after their long wait, a ship from Earth arrives to take them home.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 6d

#Martian
On this sol in 168 (1926 February 20):
Richard Matheson was born; American science fiction author and actor; wrote the teleplays for the miniseries The Martian Chronicles (1980).

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 6d

On this sol in 160 (1911 February 03):
LOWELL THINKS MARS NEXT PLANET TO DIE
And Then Will Come Our Earth's Turn, While New Worlds,
Now Cooling Off, Replace It.
www.nytimes.com/1911/02/03/a...

LOWELL THINKS MARS NEXT PLANET TO DIE; And Then Will Come Our Earth's Turn, While New Worlds, Now Cooling Off, Replace It. (Published 1911)

www.nytimes.com

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 6d

#Martian
To-sol is 221 Gemini 07.
LS 161.9°
Curiosity Sol 4701
Perseverance Sol 1666
On this sol in 132 (1858 June 05):
Angelo Secchi drew a sketch of Mars. Deucalionis Regio, Sabaeus Sinus, Meridiani Sinus, Margaritifer Sinus, Aurorae Sinus, and Acidalium Mare are identifiable.

Thomas Gangale, JSD @thomasgangale.bsky.social · 7d

#Martian
On this sol in 206 (1997 August 09):
MPF Sol 36: The rock field directly in front of Sojourner, with the rock named Sea Cucumber in the center foreground.
—NASA/JPL