Mars Mission Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Solar conjunction?
American Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently decided to stop sending active commands to its missions on the MARS for next few weeks till the time “Mars solar conjunction” remains in effect. What is Solar Conjunction? As per NASA, during the Mars solar conjunction period, Earth and the MARS will be on ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: curiosity rover • Mars Mission • Mars Missions • NASA (United States) • Perseverance Rover • Solar conjunction
China plans First Manned MARS Mission in 2033
China has planned to send its first crewed mission to MARS in the year 2033. Key points Manned MARS Mission will be launched with regular follow-up flights. Mission will be launched with a long-term plan to build a permanently inhabited base on MARS and extract its resources. This ambitious plan will intensify a race with ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: China's MARS mission • Chinese space program • Chinese spacecraft • First Manned MARS Mission of China • Mars Mission • Mars Missions
Utopia Planitia of Mars
The Chinese Mission to Mars Tianwen 1 recently landed in the Utopia Planitia. It is the place where the Viking 2 lander touched down. Utopia Planitia It is an Impact basin of Mars. Impact Crater is a circular depression in the surface of planets formed due to hypervelocity impact of smaller bodies. It may be ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Mars • Mars Mission • NASA • Tianwen 1 • Utopia Planitia • Viking 2
Tianwen-1: Chinese Rover lands on Mars
On May 14, 2021, the Chinese Spacecraft Tianwen 1 landed on Mars successfully. It was launched in July 2020 on a Long March 5 rocket. About the landing Tianwen 1 has been orbiting Mars for three months now. The lander that carried the Zhurong rover touched down the Martian surface successfully. It landed in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Hope Mars Mission • Interplanetary spaceflight • Lander • Mars Mission • Perseverance • Rover • Tianwen 1 • zhurong
NASA Rover Records Ingenuity Flight in Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently released a new video shot by the Perseverance rover. The six wheeled robot has shot the fourth flight of Ingenuity helicopter successfully. About the video The duration of the video was three minutes. It showed winds blowing across Jezero Crater. The Perseverance landed from the Mars 2020 ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ingenuity Helicopter • Jezero Crater • Mars 2020 • Mars Mission • NASA • Perseverance • Perseverance Rover
NASA: Ingenuity begins a new phase
The Ingenuity Helicopter of Mars 2020 project of NASA recently performed its fourth of its five planned flights successfully. With this, it has completed its month-long technology demonstration. Now, it is to begin its new phase. This new phase is called operation demonstration phase. So far it was in its technology demonstration phase. What is ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ingenuity Helicopter • Mars 2020 • Mars Mission • NASA • Perseverance Rover