it never gets old watching a man-made helicopter's rotors throw up dust from
the Martian surface neither does point of view video of the helicopter returning to the ground
without incident which has happened 48 times in a row on April 3 2021 the Ingenuity helicopter was
placed on the surface of Mars by the perseverance Rover the initial plan for the proof of concept
helicopter mission was for it to run for just 30 days making a paltry five flights that would fly
up to 10 to 16 feet in the air and last up to 90 seconds each now 720 Days Later Ingenuity
has performed its 48th flight reaching a height of 39 feet covering 1 306 feet and remaining in the
air for 149.9 seconds according to the flight log and just recently perseverance and Ingenuity just
witnessed this shocking Discovery what exactly is it let's find out hello everyone welcome back to
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the 1960s mankind is fantasized about voyages to Mars although we have deployed three robots
we have not yet sent a human to the surface over the past 10 years our knowledge of the planet has
expanded dramatically Elon Musk predicts that we will be there before the year 2025 but how what
transpires when people arrive on the surface how do we make the red planet a place for habitation
and how do we survive there on February 18 NASA's perseverance Rover successfully completed its
Voyage to Mars and survived a perilous Landing to reach the red planet's surface the Next Generation
Rover and its sidekick the experimental helicopter Ingenuity have ushered in a new age of planetary
research the first vehicle to achieve powered controlled flight on another planet Ingenuity
is a technological demonstration perseverance has a wider Grandeur goal one that has the potential
to profoundly revolutionize our knowledge of the universe it's looking for evidence of past
life on Mars Mars was originally considerably different from what we see today the Arid and
Dusty gizero crater which once probably held a lake is home to Humanity's newest Rover it is the
ideal location to investigate the geologic history of the planet and search for evidence of ancient
microorganisms on Mars drilling into rocks and obtaining samples is one method perseverance does
the Rover successfully obtained its first sample in September by drilling a core from a rock known
as rochette and sealing it inside a tube the fact that the sample might one day be collected and
returned to earth made this a historic event in order to bring the Rover samples back to
Earth for scientists to examine in person in the 2030s NASA is preparing an ambitious Expedition
perseverance continue to collect a second sample from rochette an early examination of The Rock
has already led to a deeper comprehension of the gizero crater's history in the past it most likely
had a lengthy history of holding water according to perseverance project scientist Ken Farley the
first rocks appear to show a possibly viable sustained environment that's fantastic news for
those looking for evidence of bacteria as the Rover travels across the crater more samples
will be collected NASA's rover Expeditions have become known for their signature Mars selfies at
the location of its successful sample collection and drilling perseverance painted a memorable
portrait of itself two versions of the selfie from September were combined in a gif one with
the Rover looking at the Rock and the other with its head turned in the direction of the camera
perseverance was pictured posing with the nearby Ingenuity helicopter in the Rover's first selfie
which was sent in April before the helicopters made an attempt at flight the image was shot
perseverance is doing much more than just taking stunning photos of Mars the Rover is essentially
a mobile laboratory the following are some of the primary mission objectives search for evidence of
ancient microbial life collect samples of Martian Rock and dust for subsequent repatriation to Earth
deliver a prototype helicopter investigate Mars's climate and geology test technology for future
Mars missions the mission is expected to last at least one Mars year which equates to around 687
days on Earth because Mars takes longer to orbit the Sun NASA on the other hand has a solid track
record of extending its robotic Mars missions we can look to the long-lived opportunity and
curiosity Rovers for inspiration since the 1997 launch of Sojourner NASA has dispatched a series
of wheeled explorers to Mars that are getting more and more advanced the most recent and greatest is
perseverance it began an epic trip through space in July 2020. on February 18 2021 the Rover
arrived at the surface of Mars a breathtaking NASA film that was made and published just days
after the landing allows you to relive some of the most terrifying minutes of the whole Expedition
cameras that documented all the excitement and tension from the opening of the parachute to
the lowering of the Rover provided Earth viewers with an unprecedented perspective of the entry
descent and Landing operation a novel Landing technique called the range trigger which was
Tried by perseverance relied on the parachute opening at precisely the right moment according
to NASA the parachute would be deployed sooner if the spacecraft were going to miss the landing
spot if it were going to miss the target the parachute would be deployed later after the
spacecraft flew a little closer to its Target said the astronauts the six-wheeled craft took pictures
of the Martian terrain after landing listen to The Breeze and got ready for surface operations
just north of Mars's equator lies gisero crater which originally had a river Delta
water has a long history making it an ideal place to search for evidence of previous microbial life
when the site was announced by NASA in 2018 Thomas zerbukin stated that it offers geologically Rich
terrain which landforms reaching back as far as 3.6 billion years old that could potentially
answer important questions in planetary Evolution and astrobiology the Rover's first Panorama of
the crater a wide-angle image of the Stony and Dusty environment that serves as perseverance's
research playground was made available by NASA just days after the Rover's Landing seven
instruments have been added aboard perseverance to Aid in completing its goal here are some of
the highlights but you can get full details from NASA masked cam Z the camera system positioned on
the Rover's Mast functions like an individual's eyes the Mast cam is our primary viewing window
towards the jazeero crater and according to NASA its primary function is to take high definition
video panoramic color and 3D images of the Martian surface and features in the atmosphere with a zoom
lens to magnify distant targets Moxie One Way perseverance is assisting in Preparing People
to travel to Mars is through the Mars oxygen in situ resource utilization experiment this device's
purpose is to produce oxygen from the atmosphere's carbon dioxide future human explorers will need
this ability to breathe but it would also allow us to manufacture rocket fuel on site that is
an essential stage in the process of returning our Mars explorers to Earth after their missions
supercam a camera laser and spectrometer are combined to create this device which searches
for organic chemicals it is a crucial tool in the search for evidence of previous microbial life
from a distance of more than 20 feet it can determine the chemical and mineral
composition of targets as small as a pencil Point according to NASA Sherlock also known
as the scanning habitable environments with Raman and luminescence for Organics and chemicals tool
Sherlock will look for evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars the device can
take and analyze microscopic photos of Mars with the help of a companion camera known as Watson
Sherlock is able to measure chemicals present in the soil and rock using a method known as
spectroscopy because it is equipped with a laser that can shoot at the surface helicopter on board
even though it would have seemed a little absurd to send a helicopter to Mars NASA actually did it
a small rotor craft called Ingenuity was tucked into the Rover's belly for passage it was made to
function in the difficult conditions on the red planet it was believed that Ingenuity was a high
risk High reward technological demonstration It ultimately delivered a wealth of Pleasures while
snubbing the hazards the helicopter's brief debut flight occurred in April 2021 and it performed
flawlessly since then Ingenuity has conducted more than a dozen flights and overcome several
technical difficulties it changed from being the mission's main attraction to serving as the Rover
Scout in a supporting capacity Innovation is on the rise and is serving as a paradigm for a Fresh
Approach to exploring extraterrestrial systems the perseverance and curiosity Rovers as well
as the stationary Insight Lander are currently NASA's three main operations on Mars surface
Elysium plantia is a vast stretch of planes where Insight is situated Gale crater a big crater with
a huge mountain inside of it is where curiosity is currently traveling perseverance is carrying
on NASA's tradition of Mars exploration while surveying a totally different region of the planet
in 2018 when the opportunity Rover lost contact with Earth due to the effects of a global dust
storm we had last two operational Rovers on Mars unlike opportunity perseverance won't experience
the same problems it utilizes a nuclear power source similar to curiosity which is independent
of sunlight although perseverance is far from Earth it still Harbors precious memories of
its native Planet through NASA's public Outreach initiative send your name to Mars more than 10.9
million people registered to have their names travel with the Rover small silicone chips with
the names inscribed on them were mounted on the Rover by NASA on an aluminum plate below a shield
the plate also features a depiction of Mars the sun and the planet Earth the phrase explore as one
is encoded in Morse code and is hidden in the sun's beams a different aluminum plate honors
medical professionals and their work in assisting Humanity during the coronavirus outbreak the Earth
is shown at the top of the serpent wrapped Rod seen on this plate these designations and
messages serve as a gentle reminder that the robotic explorers of NASA never truly Journey
alone perseverance is the result of years of work by NASA but it's also a representative of
humanity a continuation of our feeling of Wonder and curiosity and a small piece of Earth on Mars
on Mars surface sand dunes that are almost exactly spherical have been photographed
by planetary scientists such clearly defined circles are unique among the many different
sizes and shapes of sand dunes that may be found on the red planet the sand dunes modest asymmetry
reveals that their steep sides face South this indicates Sands are carried southwards however
the Martian winds may be unpredictable according to a statement from the University of Arizona
which runs the high resolution imaging experiment camera used to take the image
at a latitude of 42.505 degrees and a longitude of 67.076 degrees the photo was taken on November
22 2022 it is a part of a collection of images captured by the high-rise camera on board the
Mars reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft as it travels around Mars as Mars's winter season
comes to a close the collection of photographs is being used to track how the surface Frost recedes
and melts this is illustrated by the fact that although the sand dunes in this Photograph appear
to be free of ice a prior shot of the identical sand dunes depicts how they appeared when they
were still covered in Frost the Sand Dune image was taken while the mro was at an altitude of
around 185 miles over the Martian surface each pixel in the image represents 25 centimeters
this is just one of 60 sites on Mars being monitored by high-rise the high resolution
camera has been orbiting the red planet since the mro reached Mars in 2006 and began conducting the
first dedicated survey of the planet's sand dunes planetary scientists have been able
to track the speed of the sand dunes Movement by compiling several observations of them throughout
the course of the Martian year which lasts 687 Earth days this has shown that sand dunes are
moving forward from the equator to the poles at rates of up to 3.3 feet every Martian year
the camera has captured numerous Martian sand dunes in an astounding diversity of sizes and
shapes providing a wealth of information about the weather on the red planet high rise for instance
captured images of Dune Fields while studying the lyot crater in the northern lowlands of Mars in
2010. these images revealed how local winds are directed through the morphology of this 146 mile
wide complicated impact crater as part of its continuous investigation high-rise also looks at
glacier-like structures on Mars and considers the crevasse-like fissures that pierce their surfaces
scientists can learn more about the types of fracture mechanics that take place in so-called
viscous flow features located at the bottom of slopes on Mars by compiling repeated observations
over time according to NASA these deposits are thought to have originally been rich in ice but
the origin of this ice is still a mystery the mro's primary Mission terminated on December 21
2010 five years and six months after its launch on August 12 2005. this new image demonstrates that
even 12 years after the mission's conclusion the spacecrafts and its high-rise cameras
contribution to science is far from over what has perseverance discovered on Mars after two years
according to Brioni Horgan a planetary scientist at Purdue University in West Lafayette Indiana
who assists in organizing Percy's ongoing and long-term activities since Landing we've been
able to start putting together the story of what has happened in jazeero and it's pretty complex
one of the discoveries made by the Rover is volcanic rock numerous academics who have
been pouring over the information perseverance has so far returned have some ideas about how
the crater has changed over time this region has seen flowing lava at least one Lake that may have
lasted for hundreds or maybe tens of thousands of years flowing rivers that produced a Delta
of mud and sand and significant flooding that transported rocks from far off places
scientists had not imagined jizero to have a more active past the search for sedimentary rocks has
been hindered by this volatility but it has also revealed new alcoves where ancient life may have
established itself every sample that perseverance has abraded has yielded carbon-bearing elements
the building blocks of life on Earth the rover still has a lot of ground to cover but we're
seeing that everywhere perseverance finds unexpected rocks near the planet's equator
jizero is a shallow impact crater with a diameter of 45 kilometers the crater was created in the
first billion years of the solar system between 3.7 and 4.1 billion years ago it is located in
the acidis impact Basin which is older and much larger an engraved ancient riverbed transitions
into a dried out fan-shaped Delta on the crater floor at jazeera's Western curve according to
astrobiologist Ken Williford of the Blue Marble space Institute of Science in Seattle the Delta
is like this flashing signpost beautifully visible from orbit that tells us there was a standing body
of water here for us to comprehend Mars as a habitable Place nailing down the geologic
time scale is of critical importance claims stack Morgan and we are unable to accomplish
it without samples at this time meanwhile Elon Musk just announced the launch date for Starship
the billionaire has high goals he wants to launch the biggest most powerful rocket in the world and
use it to send people to Mars and the Moon but with that being said we just hope that it will
be in the near future do you think that by then more evidence will be discovered that will back
up the claim that humans can live on Mars let us know your thoughts in the comment box below
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