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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
Zhurong: China’s first Mars rover
China has named its first Mars rover as Zhurong after a traditional fire god. The name signifies igniting the flame of Planetary Explorations of China. About Zhurong Zhurong is on board Tianwen-1 Space probe. It arrived at the Mars orbit in February 2021 and is due to land on the planet in May 2021. With ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: China • Hope Mars Mission • Mars Exploration programme • Mars Mission • orbiter • Perseverance • Rover • Tianwen • zhurong
What is Ingenuity Helicopter?
NASA recently announced that its Ingenuity Helicopter has been dropped on the surface of mars successfully and is in preparation for its first flight. Ingenuity Helicopter Ingenuity is a technology demonstration of powered flight in another planet. NASA is to perform a series of test flights over thirty Martian days with the help of Ingenuity ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ingenuity Helicopter • Mars Missions • NASA • Perseverance Rover • Rover
NASA Prepares to Launch the Mars Rover Perseverance
NASA is all set to launch its car-sized rover named Perseverance and a robotic helicopter named Ingenuity to the Red Planet, Mars, on July 30, in order to find out the answer for the most intriguing question – Did human life ever existed in Mars? It will search for signs of past microbial life and ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ingenuity Helicopter • Mars • NASA • Perseverance • Rover
NASA to send a new VIPER Lunar Rover to map water ice on Moon
To explore the moon’s mysterious South Pole, NASA is sending a new VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) Lunar Rover to map water ice in the region. The VIPER will land in September 2022 in search of water on the lunar surface. The mobile robot will spend 100 days collecting data and sampling the water ..
Topics: Apollo 15 operations on the Lunar surface • Astronomy • Exploration of the Moon • Lunar rovers • Moon • Outer space • Rover • Scarab • Spaceflight