Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Barsoom
Explanation:
Yes, I have been to Barsoom again ..." begins John Carter in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1913 science fiction classic "The Gods of Mars" [ http://www.literatu…]. In Burroughs' novels describing Carter's adventures on Mars, "Barsoom" is the local inhabitants' name [ http://humbabe.arc.…] for the Red Planet. Long after Burroughs' stories were published, Mars continues [ http://mars.jpl.nas…] to inspire Earthdweller [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…]s' interests [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and imagination [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Soon it will again be invaded by spacecraft from Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. This dramatic picture of a crescent Mars was taken by NASA's Viking 2 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] spacecraft in 1976.
Credit and Copyright:
The Viking Project [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
mars
keyword:
edgar rice burroughs
keyword:
fiction
keyword:
viking project
facet_when:
1976
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Viking
facet_what:
YES
facet_when_year:
1976
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap990424

Barsoom
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