From Planet Rock.
57 years into their glittering career, The Rolling Stones have been bestowed with the ultimate honour – yes, a rock on Mars has been named after them.
Back on 26th November 2018, NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars and sent a small rock, sized slightly bigger than a golf ball, flying a metre across the barren red surface of the planet.
NASA aptly dubbed rock in question the ‘Rolling Stones Rock’, as they explain: “Scientists working with NASA’s Mars rovers have given lots of unofficial nicknames to rocks and other geological features.
“Doing so makes it easier for them to discuss different objects and refer to them in science papers. So, while the name Rolling Stones Rock is informal, it will appear on working maps of the Red Planet.”
Geologist Matt Golombek, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, enthuses: “I’ve seen a lot of Mars rocks over my career. This one probably won’t be in a lot of scientific papers, but it’s definitely one of the coolest.”
Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. took to the stage before The Rolling Stones’ show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California last night (22nd August) to officially reveal the rock’s name to the public.
The 92,542-capacity stadium, which hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, is just a stone’s throw away from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Mick Jagger later told the audience during the band’s set: “NASA has given us something we have always dreamed of, our very own rock on Mars. I can’t believe it… I want to bring it back on put it on our mantelpiece.”
NASA is using its robotic missions to Mars to help prepare for eventual human exploration of the Red Planet.
Rolling Stones Rock on Mars (centre-ish) © NASA/JPL-Caltech
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- Rolling Stones - Some Girls - UK - 2-CD album set - £12.00, $15.12, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 27-May-2022 17:04)on May 27, 2022 at 10:47 pm
ROLLING STONES Some Girls (2011 UK Deluxe Edition 2-CD set, comprising the 10-track digitally remastered CD album with mostly newly recorded vocals from Mick Jagger, including the singles Miss You, Beast Of Burden, Respectable & Shattered, plus a Bonus CD including 12 tracks recorded during the sessions for the album [with the exception of 'So Young']. Housed in a fold-out digipak picture sleeve and 24-page illustrated picture booklet with extensive sleevenotes by Anthony DeCurtis and label copy/credit info. The digipak shows very little ageing just a little corner wear and the CDs look barely played)
- Rolling Stones - Dirty Work - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.12, €14.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 26-May-2022 08:11)on May 27, 2022 at 10:47 pm
ROLLING STONES Dirty Work (1986 UK 10-track LP including Harlem Shuffle, One Hit [To The Body] & Winning Ugly, complete complete with cartoon lyric inner, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a bit of edge scuffing and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play)
- Rolling Stones - Live In Leeds 1982 - Sealed - UK - 3-disc CD/DVD Set - £19.99, $25.19, €23.59 (New Item) (arrived 24-May-2022 08:59)on May 27, 2022 at 10:47 pm
ROLLING STONES Live In Leeds 1982 (2015 UK limited edition 3-disc [Region 0 NTSC DVD / 2 x CD] set released as part of the Rolling Stones Archive 'From The Vaults' series. Filmed & recorded at Roundhay Park in Leeds, England on 25th July 1982.This was the last concert on their 1982 European tour in support of the 1981 'Tattoo You' album, which would be their last live tour for seven years. About half of the Tattoo You album is included in the set, along the hit single 'Start Me Up' alongside classic tracks from across their career. All three discs are neatly housed within a sealed & custom stickered fold-out digipak sleeve EAGDV053)
- Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones In Mono - Sealed - US - cd album box set - £249.99, $314.99, €294.99 (New Item) (arrived 24-May-2022 09:20)on May 27, 2022 at 10:47 pm
ROLLING STONES The Rolling Stones In Mono (Incredible 2016 UK/EU limited edition FIFTEEN CD box set manufactured in the Czech Republic, comprising most of their British and American studio albums from the 1960s in mono format, with all recordings having been remasteredusing the Direct Stream Digital process by Bob Ludwig, from their 1964 self-titled release through to 1969's classic 'Let It Bleed' along with both UK & US versions of Out Of Our Heads and Aftermath. Inaddition to these albums, this set also comes with the bonus 'Stray Cats' compilation album featuring 24 tracks issued during the period which did not appear on the albums listed. The tracklisting for this album is included below however, the full tracklisting can be available upon request if required. All fifteen discs are issued in card wallet replicas of their sleeves inside a fantastic magnetic-opening 5.5" x 6" x 3" picture box complete with the 48-page booklet containing photos and an essay by David Fricke! This copy is still sealed from new leaving it a Mint and unplayed copy)
- Rolling Stones - Live At The Tokyo Dome (Tokyo 1990) - Japanese - cd album box set - £74.99, $94.49, €88.49 (New Item) (arrived 24-May-2022 09:46)on May 27, 2022 at 10:47 pm
ROLLING STONES Live At The Tokyo Dome (Tokyo 1990) (2017 Japanese limited edition 24-track double CD and 24-track NTSC Blu-Ray disc of the concert as well as Large size T-shirt for the concert with front & back print, housed in a nice embossedbox. This copy is still sealed in its shrinkwrap leaving it Mint and unplayed and the shirt unworn - minty fresh!)
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