ASPIRE: NASA successfully tests supersonic Mars landing parachute

NASA has successfully conducted Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) to test supersonic parachute that will help its space exploration missions to land on Mars. The parachute was launched aboard of sounding rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in US. It was tested in sky, mimicking conditions of entering red planet. Key Facts The ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018

Topics: ASPIRE • Mars landing • NASA • Science and Technology • Space Exploration Mission • Supersonic Parachute

NASA Curiosity rover touches Mars

A robot rover “Curiosity” launched by US space agency NASA successfully landed on Mars. The rover landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. What is Curiosity? · It is a robot rover which is currently exploring Mars. · Currently exploring Gale Crater, near the equator of Mars. · It will examine ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012

Topics: Aeolis Palus • Aeolis quadrangle • Curiosity • Gale • Mars • Mars landing • Mars rovers • Mars Science Laboratory • Planets • Rover • Water on Mars