NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover
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I know it’s not news, but Perseverance is still exploring, drilling, analysing. Ingenuity is zipping around taking photos of places Percy can’t reach.
I’ll probably be in my 70s by the time they actually return the samples being collected, and may never see the discoveries. But I think history will look back on this mission as a real milestone in Mars exploration.
I’ll probably be in my 70s by the time they actually return the samples being collected, and may never see the discoveries. But I think history will look back on this mission as a real milestone in Mars exploration.
It seems due to the extension to ingenuitys misson the season on mars is changing and the air density is going to be lower making it harder to fly, Nasa are going to increase the speed of the rotors to counter the issue. Of course that also potentially could cause problems as they are now going to try a speed they've never even tried on a test helicopter on earth.
The American rover Perseverance has temporarily suspended work on the Red Planet, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said.
This is due to the fact that Mars and the Earth are currently on diametrically opposite sides from the Sun and it is impossible to maintain communication with the rover.
It is expected that the connection of the rover with the Earth will resume in mid-October, after which the exploration of the Red Planet will continue.
As reported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for the Perseverance mission, in early September, the rover successfully took two samples of planetary soil by drilling through rocks.
Perseverance is equipped with a system for collecting and storing soil samples, which uses rotary percussion drilling technology. Using a drill attached to a 2-meter-long robotic arm, Perseverance drills through a selected sample and extracts material from it, which then enters a reservoir and is stored inside the rover.
The samples collected by the rover on Mars will be brought back to Earth as part of future joint missions between NASA and the European Space Agency.
This is due to the fact that Mars and the Earth are currently on diametrically opposite sides from the Sun and it is impossible to maintain communication with the rover.
It is expected that the connection of the rover with the Earth will resume in mid-October, after which the exploration of the Red Planet will continue.
As reported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for the Perseverance mission, in early September, the rover successfully took two samples of planetary soil by drilling through rocks.
Perseverance is equipped with a system for collecting and storing soil samples, which uses rotary percussion drilling technology. Using a drill attached to a 2-meter-long robotic arm, Perseverance drills through a selected sample and extracts material from it, which then enters a reservoir and is stored inside the rover.
The samples collected by the rover on Mars will be brought back to Earth as part of future joint missions between NASA and the European Space Agency.
DaviBrons said:
The American rover Perseverance has temporarily suspended work on the Red Planet, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said.
This is due to the fact that Mars and the Earth are currently on diametrically opposite sides from the Sun and it is impossible to maintain communication with the rover.
It is expected that the connection of the rover with the Earth will resume in mid-October, after which the exploration of the Red Planet will continue.
As reported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for the Perseverance mission, in early September, the rover successfully took two samples of planetary soil by drilling through rocks.
Perseverance is equipped with a system for collecting and storing soil samples, which uses rotary percussion drilling technology. Using a drill attached to a 2-meter-long robotic arm, Perseverance drills through a selected sample and extracts material from it, which then enters a reservoir and is stored inside the rover.
The samples collected by the rover on Mars will be brought back to Earth as part of future joint missions between NASA and the European Space Agency.
Er. What?This is due to the fact that Mars and the Earth are currently on diametrically opposite sides from the Sun and it is impossible to maintain communication with the rover.
It is expected that the connection of the rover with the Earth will resume in mid-October, after which the exploration of the Red Planet will continue.
As reported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for the Perseverance mission, in early September, the rover successfully took two samples of planetary soil by drilling through rocks.
Perseverance is equipped with a system for collecting and storing soil samples, which uses rotary percussion drilling technology. Using a drill attached to a 2-meter-long robotic arm, Perseverance drills through a selected sample and extracts material from it, which then enters a reservoir and is stored inside the rover.
The samples collected by the rover on Mars will be brought back to Earth as part of future joint missions between NASA and the European Space Agency.
It's January 2022. Are you reading a story from last year?
https://news.sky.com/story/mars-mission-nasa-moves...
Just read return of samples from Mars will be early to mid 2030s. I'm quite surprised at that.
Just read return of samples from Mars will be early to mid 2030s. I'm quite surprised at that.
IAmTheWalrus said:
https://news.sky.com/story/mars-mission-nasa-moves...
Just read return of samples from Mars will be early to mid 2030s. I'm quite surprised at that.
I assumed it was bad reporting when the article said "Mars mission: NASA moves closer to bringing rock samples collected by Perseverance rover to Earth" and that the samples would be collected from a new rover, but no, they're actually going to launch another rover to collect samples from the rover that's already there!Just read return of samples from Mars will be early to mid 2030s. I'm quite surprised at that.
Perseverance will put the samples into sealed tubes, then these tubes will be picked up by the new rover (I hope they call it Fido because it's designed to fetch) and launched back to Earth via an orbiting ESA spacecraft.
This must be the first time different missions have physically linked up?
Links
NASA press release about the samples getting collected
Perseverance sample handling
Perseverance has filmed Phobos moving across the sun.
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9172/nasas-perseverance...
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9172/nasas-perseverance...
SpudLink said:
Perseverance has filmed Phobos moving across the sun.
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9172/nasas-perseverance...
That is very cool! Thanks for sharing.https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9172/nasas-perseverance...
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