NASA to conduct contest to name next Mars rover in 2019
Science | September 22, 2018 12:51 ISTCorporations, non-profits and educational organisations interested in sponsoring the contest can send proposals to NASA.
Corporations, non-profits and educational organisations interested in sponsoring the contest can send proposals to NASA.
The team divided the hazards into five classifications -- radiation; isolation and confinement; distance from Earth; gravity (or lack thereof); and hostile or closed environments
The rover surveyed its surroundings after collecting a new rock sample on August 9.
The rocket launched on Friday carried the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
The challenge asks individuals, teams and organisations to design and develop technology that has the potential to be useful on Mars and on Earth.
A major dust storm deprived the rover of solar power. Now, the storm is fading.
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun approached 57.6 kilometres from the Earth, the closest it has been since 2003
The July 27 blood moon is likely to last beyond 100 minutes and is expected to cast a larger shadow over the Earth than previously recorded moons.
NASA said that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had captured a photo on January 24, 2018 which showed the accumulation of crescent-shaped sand dunes.
The Martian dust storm has grown in size and is now officially a "planet-encircling" (or "global") dust event, according to Bruce Cantor of Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego.
Star gazers could have a good view of the Red Planet next month as Mars is set to come to the closest point to Earth since 2003 when it reaches opposition with the Sun in late July.
The storm was first detected on May 30 and grew worse in recent days.
NASA has not yet provided clues on what the new results are about, but it said that during the event, NASA scientists will have chats with the the public and media on the findings, public can send questions on social media.
Gwynne Shotwell further noted that the Boring Company could actually be how we house people on Mars, adding Tesla’s expertise in battery technology had already found a home inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.
NASA will launch its InSight Mission on May 5, the first-ever mission to study the structure of Mars.
In early 2017 scientists announced the discovery of possible desiccation cracks in Gale Crater, which was filled by lakes 3.5 billion years ago.
Atletico, the 2010 and 2012 winner, will travel to London for the first leg against Arsenal who have never won the Europa League or the UEFA Cup.
The first interplanetary launch will take place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5 with the Mars-bound InSight lander.
The objective of the mission is to study the deep interior of the Red Planet and find traces of how it was formed.
The Marsbees will fly out from a mobile base – probably a rover like Curiosity – map terrain, take samples and search for signs of life on the red planet.
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