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Attack of The Martian Dust Storms | National Air and Space Museum

https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/spring-2022/attack-martian-dust-storms

Mars massive dust storms that periodically engulf and continue to puzzle planetary scientists—and pose threats to future expeditions. NASA’s beloved solar-powered rover, Opportunity, was killed in the line of duty when a 2018 dust storm blotted out the sun.  Individual dust particles on Mars are very small and slightly electrostatic, so they stick to the surfaces they contact like Styrofoam packing peanuts. As such, the dust can potentially gum up delicate machinery and space suits.
distances (iron in dust from the Sahara Desert may be important in fertilizing the Amazon

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Super Scoopers | National Air and Space Museum

https://airandspace.si.edu/editorial/super-scoopers

There are a lot of different aircraft that fight wildfires, but today we’re taking about a truly unique, purpose-built firefighting airplane: the Super Scooper. This plane skims the surface of a body of water, collects a shocking amount through tiny scoop ports, flies off, and dumps it on a wildfire. We talk to a pilot about what it’s like to fly one.
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