[ad_1] NASA’s Perseverance rover carries a device to convert Martian air into oxygen which, if produced on a larger scale, could be used not only for breathing, but for fuel as well. One of the hardest things about sending astronauts to Mars will be getting them home. Launching a rocket …
Read More »Hear audio of NASA’s perseverance as it travels through deep space, NASA’s Mars exploration program
[ad_1] The first to be equipped with microphones, the agency’s latest Mars rover picked up the subtle sounds of its internal mechanisms during interplanetary flight. A microphone aboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover recorded the sounds of the spacecraft as it sped through interplanetary space. While another microphone aboard the …
Read More »Scientists have found that heat and dust help launch Martian water into space, NASA’s Mars exploration program
[ad_1] Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft, or MAVEN, have found that water vapor near the surface of the Red Planet is carried higher into the atmosphere than anyone expected was possible. There, it is easily destroyed by electrically charged gas particles – or …
Read More »Mars is getting a new robotic meteorologist: NASA’s Mars exploration program
[ad_1] Sensors on NASA’s Perseverance will help prepare for future human exploration by making meteorological measurements and studying dust particles. Mars is about to receive a new stream of weather reports once NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on February 18, 2021. As it scours Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial …
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