2 hours agoNASA probe makes historic decline on March
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Seven months after it was launched into space, NASA probe landed tonight on the surface of Mars. The mission, costing more than billion euros on the Red Planet, was launched in July 2020 and the probe was expected to affect the Jezero crater around 22.oo. Controlrs at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, waited for [...]
The controllers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, waited for 11 and a half minutes for a signal confirming the successful landing. This signal is transmitted to Earth by one of the European Space Agency's spacecrafts.
NASA hopes that the Assumption probe will detect ancient life signs and gather some rock champions and return to Earth. The probe will also study the planet's climate.
The six-wheel landing will mark the third visit to Mars in just over a week. Two spacecrafts from the United Arab Emirates and China went into orbit around the planet each day in a row last week.
