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NASA Study: Water on Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found that Mars had water two billion years ago. But today all the water in the planet are evaporated. This was confirmed by MRO with the help of salt deposits on the surface of the planet. What did MRO find? The MRO found that water flowed in the planet very ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Mars • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) • NASA • Odyssey • Water on Mars
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
Presence of Salty Water on Mars
Recently, the high-resolution photographs taken by Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (Landed Mars in 2006) show fingerlike streaks up to five yards wide that appear on some steep slopes in the planet’s late spring. The observations show that these streaks grow and shift through summer, reaching hundreds of yards in length before they fade in winter. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Topics: Arabia quadrangle • Astronomical objects • Dark slope streak • Mars • Planetary science • Planets • Water on Mars