Laser RetroReflector on the top deck of the Mars InSight space lander, for laser range-finding from Martian orbit and future node in a proposed Mars geophysical network. Mars InSight is expected to land on Mars on November 26.
More info: Link >>> http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2018.html#InSight
(Image Sources: NASA, Wikipedia.org, By NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin - https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22206, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66080315)
Astronomical Calendar for 2018 November ---
Link >>> http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2018.html#nov
Related Blog Post ---
"Astronomical Calendar: 2018 October." 2018 Oct. 1.
Link >>> http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2018/10/astronomical-calendar-2018-october.html
Source: Friends of the Zeiss.
Thursday, 2018 November 1.
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Formerly Astronomical Observatory Coordinator & Planetarium Lecturer, original Buhl Planetarium & Institute of Popular Science (a.k.a. Buhl Science Center), Pittsburgh's science & technology museum from 1939 to 1991.
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