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