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China develops miniature helicopter for Mars missions
China developed a prototype miniature helicopter for the purpose of surveillance work on future Mars missions. Key Points According to Chinese space science agency, this miniature helicopter was developed after the historic landing of robotic rover on the Mars. The prototype helicopter is similar to the robotic helicopter Ingenuity in appearance, which was developed by ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: China's MARS mission • First Manned MARS Mission of China • Mars rovers • miniature helicopter for Mars missions • Perseverance Rover
Ingenuity undertakes 8th flight on the Mars
NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter called Ingenuity undertook its 8th flight on Red Planet. Highlights Most recent flight was made by Ingenuity to Mars was on June 21, 2021. During the flight, Ingenuity remained aloft for 77.4 seconds. It flew 525 feet and landed about 440 feet away from Perseverance rover. Ingenuity was originally designed to ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ingenuity Helicopter • Mars • Mars 2020 mission • Mars rovers • NASA • Perseverance Rover • Red Planet
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover named ‘Perseverance’
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that the official name of its Mars 2020 rover will be ‘Perseverance.’ From the nation-wide contest for selecting the rover’s name, the entry of a seventh-grade school student, Alexander Mather was finalised. The rover is a robotic scientist and its mission includes searching for signs of past ..
Topics: Mars • Mars rovers • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars Solar Conjunction
On the surface of Mars are NASA’s Curiosity rover and InSight lander. Above Mars are several orbiters, Antennas on Earth and those on active spacecraft on or around Mars regularly exchange data. This regular exchange of data will pause between August 28 and September 7 because of a phenomenon called Mars solar conjunction. Why it ..
Topics: Discovery and exploration of the Solar System • Exploration of Mars • Geography of Mars • InSight • Mars • Mars Express • Mars program • Mars rovers • NASA • Rover • Spacecraft • Spaceflight • Sun
Annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge: NASA
Three Indian student teams won awards in NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge which invites high school and college students to build and test roving vehicles for future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond at the US Space and Rocket Centre in Huntsville, Alabama. The competition was hosted by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center ..
Topics: British culture • Federal government of the United States • Mars rovers • Mars Society • NASA • NASA people • Rover • Rover Company
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