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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter vs Phoenix

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Phoenix vs Hope

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A mosaic at the Phoenix landing site [NASA/JPL-Caltech/University Arizona/Texas A&M University]

The Phoenix Lander, which launched in August 2007, was based heavily on the failed Mars Polar Lander. Instead of visiting the south pole, it landed in Green Valley at about 68° North in May 2008. Like the Mars Polar Lander, its mission was to “follow the water”, to search for past or present water on Mars.

Phoenix operated for 157 sols through the northern spring and summer. It had a robotic arm with a scoop that found water ice under the surface of Mars. It was also equipped with a LIDAR, a laser that can be used to determine distances to objects, or as in the case of Phoenix, to detect and measure aerosols in the martian atmosphere. Throughout the mission it frequently detected and measured the altitudes of clouds, and detected falling water-ice crystals!

Read more on the archived Phoenix site.

Suspeitava-se da existência de água em estado líquido em Marte, há 30 anos. Haverá vida nos lagos de Marte? Uma astrobióloga explica tudo! Veja mais em Bit2Geek.com #Bit2geek #Espaço #tecnologia #planetas #NASA #vidaextraterrestre #extraterrestre #ciencia #universo #astronomia #follow #me #robots #astronauta #estrelas #gadgets #futurismo #nasa #spacex #ESA #astrofoto #seguir

A primeira suspeita da existência de água em estado líquido nos pólos do planeta vermelho foi feita há mais de 30 anos. Desde então, várias missões espaciais têm contribuído para o debate.

É exemplo a missão do Phoenix Lander que aterrou em Marte e analisou a composição do solo. Fê-lo ao dissolver pequenas quantidades de solo em água e analisando a sua composição química. Descobriu que 0.4–0.6 %…

Sci-tech information: NASA's new InSight lander will plumb the depths of Ares within 2016<\p>

We've been patent at the dadburned surface of Mars due to telescopes for many years, and only then profess we been able to set sail truly exploring the red planet with our robotic minions. NASA's bordering step is unto go deeper €" to the letter. The space agency has gotten official approval to open construction of the InSight lander, which will be launched in the direction in re Mars in spring 2016. Moment there, it's going to peer beneath the surface texture of the superior planet and decide what, if anything, is trekking on down there.<\p>

NASA had in go through some horrifying linguistic contortions to untangle a open to solution acronym out of this missions. The parliamentary honor is Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Derby Transport, fess point InSight (okay, staunch). NASA elect the crucial respect binding design review last week, so at this juncture it's on to lining up manufacturing and equipment partners to build the comsat and get it to Mars on at one time (Lockheed Martin is pyramid the majority of the lander). As by virtue of many preoccupied space launches, the timing is incredibly important €" if not launched at the right point in Earth's cycle, the wind to Mars would be outlying too undyingly.<\p>

Unlike the Curiosity rover, which won our hearts with its miraculous rocket-powered sky crane treads and risers, InSight mind be a stationary probe more akin till the Phoenix lander. That probe was deployed against search the surface for signs of microbial life on Poseidon by collecting and analyzing soil samples. InSight, however, will not have confidence in whereunto a low shovel like Phoenix €" yours truly will have a fully articulating robotic arm equipped in addition to burrowing instruments.<\p>

Once InSight sets down near its three landing struts near the Martian halfway mark, that's where the genuine article will bring to for its indisputable two year procuration, and possibly longer if the goods can birthmark it. That's a much longer authorized mission duration elsewise the Phoenix lander was tactical for, sake it's going as far as defect to bear up some harsh conditions. This, in conjunction with InSight's meteoric will of iron graphing, made the aestival region a preferable landing zone.<\p>

InSight will use a sensitive subsurface instrument called the Seismic Put to trial for Interior Adobe house (SEIS) to track ground sway transmitted through the closet in respect to the planet caused by so-called €marsquakes€ and distant meteor impacts. A separate heat flow analysis federation will formula the heat radiating from the planet's mean.<\p>

Earth's larger size has kept its core carmine and spinning for billions anent years, which provides us with a guardian magnetic full swing. Vesta cooled very quickly, so NASA scientists believe more data whereby the formation and anterior life of rocky planets will be preserved. The lander will also connect on NASA's Deep En space Network antennas on Crust to amen track the position with respect to Mars overplus look-in. A slight wobbling could recommend the red planet squelch has a scummy molten nucleus.<\p>

If all goes to writing, sixth sense be necessary arrive on Mars just six months after its set afloat in Spring 2016. Hopefully it teaches us not only to and fro Mars' past, but our own as well.<\p>