Kenny Martin’s Blog

Those two names were made for Nasa Mission: Mars Exploration Rover. Spirit was the first of the two rovers to land. Its landing was on January 4, 2004, and Opportunity landed on January 24, 2004. They still work two this day. They have metal pieces of the fallen World Trade Center on them. They are twin rovers and landed on opposite ends of Mars. They are referred to as feminine. Their names were decided by the winner of an essay contest (her name: Sofi Collis). Spirit’s launch patch is this (with Marvin) ,and Opportunity’s launch patch is this (with Daffy) . To find out more, go here or here if you want to read about it; And to watch to find out more, go here or here.

This is a list of ingredients for an exploding pop bottle. Baking soda, and vinegar. First add some baking soda to the pop bottle. Next, add some vinegar to the pop bottle and quickly screw the cap back on and throw the bottle. Soon it will blow up.

Venus just orbited the sun for the second time this year.

Just found out that Discovery landed after being in orbit for 13 days. To see Discovery landing, go to this location.

A while ago , a rocket named Discovery launched. Its destination, to deliver critcal supplies to The International Space Center. The whole family watched the event on the TV. Henry was pretty enthusiastic about it. Mama was in tears. There was a camera on the external fuel tank, which allowed us to see the side of Discovery. You can see what we saw here. Enjoy!

Mecury orbited the sun today.

Yesterday, I watched an total solar eclipse on my dad’s computer. It was a 1 hour show of a real solar eclipse that happened in March 2006 in Turkey. My dad got the eclipse from www.nasa.com. It was awesome! The hosts did a good job of explaining what a solar eclipse is. The hosts also showed how to look at a solar eclipse without the fancy telescopes. My favorite parts are watching an explosion on the sun, the moon covering the sun, and the diamond ring. (The diamond ring is the end of a solar eclipse.) To watch it click here.

Mercury just orbited the sun.

Mars just orbited the sun. It takes over 687 days to orbit so we’ll celebrate every 690 days.

Mercury orbited the sun for the first time this year. It takes 88 days to travel around the sun.