Hi Bob,

thanks for the very helpful info and scan and am optimistic that things will sort out well given some time.

In the meantime, I've just seen it in the 24 Dec "New Scientist" issue on the newsstand in a US Bookstore (Barnes and Nobles). It is an attractive looking layout and reproduction for those who are interested to see it before the next weekly issue appears.

ken

The "SPIRITS SOAR" panorama has just been selected by The Planetary Society for "The Year in Pictures 2005".

Please see that link below as well as a few other recent appearences.

Here are a summary of links to published and/or online versions of the "SPIRITS SOAR" panorama for the story written by Craig Covault, Senior Editor for Aviation Week.

The image was originally printed by Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine for the 14 Nov 2005 issue magazine cover and included 2 additional images inside with the full cover package and 6 page story.

Link to AWST story and online pdf:
http://www.aviationweek.com/avnow/news/cha...ews/11145p1.xml
http://www.aviationnow.com/media/pdf/spiri...18f_col_a2b.pdf

Also printed in the 12 December 2005 issue on p. 6 of Letters to the Editor

Link to NASAWATCH story:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1075

Link to online NASAWATCH/Spaceref pdf reprint:
http://images.spaceref.com/news/2005/SPIRITAWST.l.jpg

Link to APOD image reprint:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051128.html

Link to "De Standaard", a leading Belgian newspaper, reprint on 1 Dec 2005. Full page color image/story on p 91
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...pe=post&id=2613

Link to "New Scientist" reprint on 24 Dec 2005. Full page color image/story on p.14
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...indpost&p=32934

Link to "Siderial Times" newsletter issue of Dec 2005 for the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton. All 3 color images reprinted. Click on site map, scroll down to Siderial Times online and click on Dec 2005 issue to download pdf file.
http://www.princetonastronomy.org/

Link to The Planetary Society website and "The Year in Pictures 2005" headline. click on link and then scroll down to September 28 and click on "Space Enthusiasts Create Art"
http://www.planetary.org/home/
http://www.planetary.org/news/2005/1231_Th...tures_2005.html.

Another image from the Aviation Week project was posted online by my teammate Marco at this link:
http://www.uai.it/index.php?tipo=A&id=1098

Our Marsmate Nico, also published a 2 page wide pancam mosaic in the 12 Sep 2005 issue of Aviation Week on p. 60/61. The image displayed exquisite detail of the Thira and Gusev Crater rims from the summit of Husband hill. It was included in an article titled 'King of the Hill' and was written by forum member Michael A. Dornheim.

Please contact us if you would like to print the "SPIRITS SOAR" images in a magazine or elsewhere or post online with credit to the 4 authors and Aviation Week. And please inform us if you see it elsewhere. Thank you

ken

Is that Aviation Week magazine still available ?

You will all be pleased to hear that in today's issue of New Scientist (11/Jan/06), on page 22, in the "For the record" section, appears the following:

We missed part of the credit for the Mars rover photo (24/31 December 2005, p14). It should have read "Marco Di Lorenzo, Bernhard Braun, Doug Ellison and Ken Kramer courtesy of Aviation Week/JPL/NASA".

Chris

Edit: Corrected typo

Do Lorenzo?

Thanks, chris ...
(are you sure about "Marco Do Lorenzo" instead of "Di Lorenzo"? )

Ooops. It was a typo on my part, not New Scientist's. I've corrected my post.

Chris

Thanks, Chris

I hope its Kremer not Kramer

well, I was about to put in a post saying that we have been in touch with the editors of New Scientist and that NS has very graciously agreed to put in a correction in an upcoming issue and also sent us complimentary copies.

They are a first class publication. We are very pleased that they beautifully reprinted our "SPIRITS SOAR" image in a colorful full page spread and that they have issued this correction. Please allow me to acknowledge also, to all forum members, the indispensible help by our friend and collegue Bob Shaw. A fantastic example of UMSF teamwork.

Thank you to Chris for the info and all members too !!

ken

It isn't a typo on my part this time. The magazine says "Kramer".

Chris

Here it is.
The font size is smaller (maybe too small) because there is not so much "empty" space as in Olivier's image to place the calendar. I'll try to make an "improved" version.

Click to view attachment (947k)

Fantastic, I like it. And WOW, that was fast.

I will email this to Craig at Aviation Week !!

Perhaps you can do in a few more languages: German, Italian, Portugese (for Ustrax), Spanish, French, etc. sorry !!

Many, many thanks

ken

Beautiful calendar, Tesheiner!
I suggest you also not to use black color for numbers because they aren't clearly visible in front of martian soil.
I will surely put it on my desk!!!

Thanks Dilo.

I used black because most of the calendar is against the sky, so a dark font should be better. But, yes you are right about the soil.
I'm still planning to improve this version, and one of the changes would be to use font colors depending on the background.

Comments/suggestions are welcome.

Actually the green is much harder to read, black is marginal so play a bit with the colors.

Some other suggestions is to put the Earth date in addition to Sol: September 28, 2005

and the publication issue date next to Aviation Week is 14 November 2005

but these are minor points for your Great Idea !!

thank you

ken

Matter of nosey curiosity... did AW have the photo rights to give NS permission to reprint the image? Hopefully they were not given _all_ rights to the image. And hopefully NS will pay for use of the image and this is not a case of "Vanity Press".

--Bill

Second, and hopefully final, version of the calendar (in pdf).
I had to re-arrange the original text, otherwise Ken's suggestions wouldn't fit well. I hope not to be violating any copyright, am I?

Click to view attachment

It looks lovely...though the pessimistic part of me can't help wondering whether one (or two!?) of the dates on that calendar will be <gulp> the last ones from which we hear from Spirit or Opportunity.

Hmmm. So here's to December 31st, 2006, and two functional robots: one enjoying panoramas of Victoria from next to hundreds of metres of pristine sections, and the other, well, where?

Andy

Eduardo,

Outstanding Work.

I like all the rearrangements and the U shape of the dates and have just a few more suggestions please.

But First, I'm glad your name is there. I thought about that too and was going to request that.

1. Please Capitalize U in university
2. Change date to read .... 28 September 2005 and delete parenthesis
or relocate the comma to ... September 28, 2005
3. Under the date, Add ... Husband Hill Summit, Gusev Crater
4. insert UMSF Forum somewhere at bottom
5. consider changing the text color to yellow like in 2006 or something else more striking than white

no copyright issues that I can see
thank you for a great effort

(edited)

ken

It's a pleasure, Ken.

Just wait 'til monday. The source files are on my office...

OK, I'll have a few more suggestions by then.

It is really outstanding. I've printed out the latest version and really like that the dates are moved off to the side, allowing a majestic view of the summit itself.

Thank you.

ken

PS: I guess its clear we all dream of Mars at the office

Mmm, some color changes here and few text corrections there...

Click to view attachment (Use the pdf version for printing)
Click to view attachment

Outstanding !! Its a wrap. Thank you



ken

Could any of the 4 UMSF forum-members who worked together to compile the Spirit photo send me a private message please ?
I do have some questions... Thanks in advance !
Philip

Philip, just saw your message. thanks. ken

Thank You Ken, Nirgal & Marco for contacting me ... I'll reveal the sub-topic of my request next week to the forum

Thankword for the support from UMSF forum !

Dr Ken Kremer has send a better resolution image of the ' now famous Spirit ' photo to the British Interplanetary Society and it's confirmed it will be on the cover for the April 2006 issue of ' Spaceflight ' available on news stands medio March 2006 !

Many thanks to every body on UMSF involved with this

Philip
BELGIUM

Thank you for your outstanding help and thank you to the Spaceflight editors and staff. A fine publication indeed! ken

Well, I think I missed my chance to buy a copy of the Aviation Week edition, but if there were some place where I could purchase a copy of either that one, or the upcoming Spaceflight edition, autographed by all of the artists, I'd pull out my wallet.

Well I always grab hold of a Spaceflight magazine, check it diagonally and buy it if it has something on unmanned spaceflight, which it has in 50% of the time
Guess I'll buy a few of the April 2006 issues with the UMSF Spirit cover

Well Steffen, I believe most of the non-subscribers just take a magazine, check it through and buy it if it has interesting articles... Most people just photocopy an article. But on the subject of Unmanned Spaceflight, BIS' monthly Spaceflight magazine is doing a great job ( This year it will have articles on: New Horizons, Voyager, 30th anniversary of the VIking landings, Mapping Phobos & Deimos, etc... )
Trying my best to do my bit for BIS
Philip

Finally, the image is on the cover of BIS' monthly SPACEFLIGHT magazine ...
The April 2006 issue will be on news stands by mid-March 2006
Thanks again to everyone who helped me out !

Here the weblink:


http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.asp.../id/598/l/nl-be

Best regards !
Philip

thank you, ken

Ken, as promised I have send You a 300 DPI High-res version of the cover ...
The first page with contents of the magazine has the complete & correct photo credit listing the 4 names of Marco Di Lorenzo, Doug Ellison, Bernhard Braun and Kenneth Kremer.
BIS staff confirmed that each of the contributor will get a free copie ...
Meanwhile the April 2006 issue is on newsstands right now and can be back-ordered via the BIS-spaceflight.com website at US $ 7.00 per issue
NIX I kept one for You aside

I'm very pleased and meanwhile got my proof for an article on "Mapping the Martian moons Phobos & Deimos" for the May 2006 issue ;-)

Many thanks again to UMSF !
Philip

Philip,

thank you for the files and a great collaboration. And, I highly recommend forum members to read Philip's articles.

The "Spaceflight" cover is fantastically beautiful and a different, more symmetrical version compared to the Aviation Week cover.

To purchase the Aviation Week issue, call them at 800-525-5003 as I wrote in an earlier post

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ost&p=26953

For those in the area, you can view a large poster of the panorama at my next Mars lecture on March 25 in Voorhees, NJ at the New Jersey Astronomical Association at 830 PM.

http://www.njaa.org/
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ost&p=44120

thanks

ken

Thanks, Ken. I'll try that phone number tomorrow. I tried to order some copies on line, but somehow couldn't get past some strange error every time I attempted to "check out." I still think Doug should put some signed copies up for sale in the store.

I really wouldnt want to deface one by scrawling on it

Doug

A brand new publication of the "Spirits Soar" panorama:

Its beautifully reproduced inside the brand new book titled "Astronomy: 365 Days" by the editors of Astronomy Picture of the Day. Its located on the page for "Dec 10". There were several versions of the panorama and this one was published on APOD on 28 Nov 2005. The book is published by Harry N Abrams, Inc/NYC. Website: www.hnabooks.com
The original was published on the cover of Aviation Week and Space Technology on 14 Nov 2005.

ken

PS: please check this thread for our latest team color panorama from Duck Bay, Victoria Crater published on 2 Oct 2006 in Aviation Week and Space Technology (see p. 24) and also the same day on APOD

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=3282

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061002.html

Other UMSF related news: I might get another MARS - MER related cover for the January 2007 issue of BIS Spaceflight magazine ( probably the from-orbit view of Victoria Crater ) and use some images of James Canvin for the 5th MER-article

Our Mars team image of Spirit at Hillary just appeared on APOD (13 March 2007) with the great headline

"Attacking Mars"
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070313.html

This image originally appeared in the 14 November 2005 issue of "Aviation Week and Space Technology" magazine as part of the extensive review article written by Craig Covault as Spirit reached the summit of Husband Hill.

"Hillary" is named in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary

click on the image for a caption and photo credits

M. Di Lorenzo, B. Braun. D. Ellison and K. Kremer

enjoy

ken


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APOD Caption:

The Spirit rover attacked Mars again in 2005 September. What might look, above, like a military attack, though, was once again just a scientific one - Spirit was instructed to closely inspect some interesting rocks near the summit of Husband Hill. Spirit's Panoramic Camera captured the rover's Instrument Deployment Device above as moved to get a closer look at an outcrop of rocks named Hillary. The Spirit rover, and its twin rover Opportunity, have now been exploring the red planet for over three years. Both Spirit and Opportunity have found evidence that parts of Mars were once wet.

Congratulations!! That's a really dramatic pose.

If the quality of that image was any better it would qualify as a sample return mission.
Roy F

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegaller...eature_828.html

Full circle really

is not enough, Marco.
I would say

Congrats again for all of you.

Just got confirmation for another MER article for the January 2008 issue of BIS spaceflight magazine with photo-work by Bernhard, Doug, James, Ken, Marco and Eduardo. Thanks again for this support!
Meanwhile the editor is checking other USMF-origin color panoramas for a possible MER cover
Check for the 2008 weblink as soon as it appears at:
http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.asp...id/1181/l/en-us

Today marks 4 years of MER Spirit operations on the red planet... Keep on roving Spirit

Right on, Phil...also the 50th anniversary of Sputnik 1's re-entry. Ad Astra per Scientiam, now and forever...

In 2009, our UMSF team panorama of Spirit's view from the summit of Husband Hill was reprinted at several sites including

** The International Year of Astronomy
Bootleg Postcards -- Armchair Astronauts Exploring the Solar System
Podcaster: Doug Ellison
http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/01/19/j...e-solar-system/

** The Planetary Society
Celebrating Five Years of Roaming the Red Planet
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects...ion/5years.html

** The Planetary Report: Jan/Feb 2009 issue
Bootleg Postcards: Amateurs Participating in Space Missions
by Doug Ellison
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects...tion/tpr_2009_1.

** Universe Today
Citizen Science: Unmannedspaceflight.com
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/19/ci...spaceflightcom/
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/19/ci...rit_husband_sm/

I'll have a new publication announcement for 2010 shortly

ken kremer

kremerken at yahoo.com
http://www.rittenhouseastronomicalsociety....Dr.Kremer/K.htm