Showing posts with label Deimos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deimos. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Destruction of Deimos in "The Expanse" TV series

Deimos is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos, likely an asteroid captured by Mars' gravity, is highly non-spherical with a mean diameter of 12.5 km (about 57% the size of Phobos) and it orbits 23,460 km from Mars (Deimos' orbit is slowly getting larger and it is expected to eventually escape Mars' gravity). Escape velocity from the surface of Deimos is only 5.6 m/s so a human can basically jump off of it.

In the universe of The Expanse TV series (a political sci-fi drama set in mid-24th century when humans have colonized the entire Solar system) Deimos hosts military facilities and a deep radar station for Martian Congressional Republic - one of the three competing powers in The Expanse, along with the United Nations (based on Earth) and the Belt.
Concept art of Deimos in The Expanse by Canadian designer Lee Fitzgerald:
Concept art of Deimos by Lee Fitzgerald for 'The Expanse' TV series

In early season 2 of The Expanse Deimos is destroyed with nuclear missiles in a "moon for a moon" retaliatory strike by the United Nations (Earth) after the Martian assault cruiser destroyed Earth's research base on Saturn's moon Phoebe along with the consequent destruction of the moon itself. The destruction of Deimos killed 17 Martians and the moon disintegrated forming the "Deimos Ring" around Mars.
Concept art of Martian Deep Radar Station on Deimos before the missile strike by Lee Fitzgerald:
Concept art of Deimos surface before the missile strike by Lee Fitzgerald for 'The Expanse' TV series
News coverage of the destruction of Deimos:
Destruction of Deimos in 'The Expanse' TV series

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Terraformed & colonized Mars as it would be seen from space

Terraformed and colonized Mars as it would be seen from Phobos, the closest of two natural Martian moons, by British illustrator Mark Garlick. More of his art here.

Terraformed & colonized Mars as it would be seen from Phobos by Mark Garlick

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Human mission to Martian moons Phobos and Deimos by Pascal Lee

Over the years planetary scientist, the director of Haughton-Mars Project, Pascal Lee has created a set of paintings depicting human mission to the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. Here are several of them. More of his Mars related paintings here.
Spaceship approaching Mars with Phobos and Deimos in sight:
Human mission to Martian moons by Pascal Lee
Landing on Deimos, the farthest and smallest of the two Martian moons:
Human mission to Martian moons - landing on Deimos - by Pascal Lee
Astronauts exploring Deimos:
Human mission to Martian moons - exploring Deimos - by Pascal Lee
Landing on Phobos, the closest and largest of the two Martian moons:
Human mission to Martian moons - landing on Phobos - by Pascal Lee

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Mars, Phobos and Deimos

Picture of the Day 28/2/2018 - Mars and its moons Phobos and Deimos; a collage by NASA.
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Mars and its moons Phobos and Deimos

Friday, December 22, 2017

Astronauts inspecting water extractor on Deimos by Maciej Rebisz

Picture of the Day 22/12/2017 - Astronauts inspecting water extractor on Deimos (the farthest and smallest of the two Martian moons) by Polish sci-fi artist Maciej Rebisz. More of his illustrations for Space That Never Was project here.
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Astronauts inspecting water extractor on Deimos (2nd moon of Mars) by Maciej Rebisz

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Human base on Deimos by Manchu (Philippe Bouchet)

Picture of the Day 25/10/2017 - Human base on Deimos (the farthest and smallest of the two Martian moons) by French sci-fi artist Manchu (Philippe Bouchet).

Human base on Deimos by Manchu (Philippe Bouchet)