Mars Curiosity

They have found that there might have been life on Mars at one point and there might still be little bits of life. All they have found so far is evidence of little tiny organisms and bacteria that were once on the surface.

In overcoming the challenges along the way of the mission from launching to impact to egress, it has allowed scientists and organisations such as NASA to gather more information about the nature of the Mars, from the climate to the geology of the planet. The outcome and findings of this mission has been a success and influential in the way we explore other planets to find the possibility of past and/or present life on that planet. The rovers had discovered fluid and other deposits on the surface of the planet, which may indicate that life can survive on this planet. The uncovering of these physical environments has shaped the method and processes undertaken on other missions in order to succeed and deliver the necessary answers to the questions of the possibility of life

A question that has been asked for many reasons in the space world: Is there life on other planets? A mission called Curiosity launched in 2011. Curiosity has been on Mars since August.Curiosity’s goal was to find signs of water and see if Mars was suitable for life. The surprising fact on Mars is there is presence of water. One key element was Mars once had habitable conditions and there looks to be ice on the planet. Curiosity has been using a camera to take photos of Mars. It is much like the panoramic camera we have on Earth. Both cameras have the same material incorporated in them and are used for the same purpose.

In conclusion, colonizing Mars is a terrible idea There is no known natural source of water, Once you get there you cannot come back , and If you get sick, the astronauts

In conclusion, our process to discover mars has just begun, scientists might have to invent some new options to bring our abilities up to space level. Exploring Mars is definitely one of the biggest challenges scientists will ever face, simply because there are so many obstacles we are facing, and preparing for the trip has taken a lot more time than was expected by NASA in 1969. I personally think that we at least need about 2 or more decades so scientists will be able to find better options and invent more useful and helpful ideas. President John F. Kennedy said: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard”. Our mission to the moon is not as easy as it was thought would be, scientists need a lot more time and management to this particular problem. Going to a completely different plant and exploring it requires a lot of time, a new way of thinking, and a lot of corporation and

Was there ever water on its surface? Will we find life there? Answers to these questions and others will come from studying and traveling to Mars. ”(Bowers, 1) We only know/see 4% (we only see 4 out of every 100 stars, planets and galaxies) of what is out there in space and we would learn so much more about planets and long-term space travel if we went to Mars because a normal rocket would be too small to be in for about 6 months. We would need to advance in the technology to colonize another planet and we would need to advance in our technology for long-term space travel.

Attention-getter: Have you ever just gazed at the night sky and looked at the stars and thought to yourself “Is there life on other planets such as, Mars?” Then, you begin to think if NASA will hire you after you applied 20 years ago.

Furthermore, researchers explore the concept of what it could mean to colonize on Mars or travel to other planets. They also believe that it could save the

The topic of Mars has long been of interest to astronomers and science fiction enthusiast alike. The premise of another planet supporting life excites people like no other. In 2004, The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, began preliminary science experiments and instrument proposals for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and a robotic space probe mission to Mars. After long testing and development stages, the mission birthed a rover, Curiosity, which was launched in November 2011 and subsequently landed August 6th 2012. As we speak Curiosity is collecting invaluable data for our understanding of mars including: habitability, climate and geology, and possibly setting up a manned mission to mars in the

In 1996, NASA landed robotic space craft named viking 1 and 2 on Mars. Viking 1 was there for 4 years, and Viking 2 was there 6 years (2). The purpose of the space crafts was to discover a living things such as bacteria in the soil. Even though there was not found anything telling about the life or living things on Mars, it was exciting to know whether there used to be a life. Later on Mars science laboratory created new curiosity rover in November 26, 2011. Curiosity rover landed in Mars August 6, 2012. This rover was specifically design with hand lens imager, which take extreme close up pictures revealing the details. Also, Alpha particle X-Ray Spectrometer which determines different elements in rock and soil. The most important that was built in the rover is Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons. It is an instrument which measures the surface hydrogen. If there is a detection of the hydrogen, it indicates the presence of water. (3) rover discovered small spheres made of hematite. Hematite can be formed by aqueous process which is a mineral form of iron III oxide ,Fe3O2. It believed that it formed billions of years ago under the watery

Spirit stumbled across rocks that pointed to an earlier, unrulier Mars that was marked by impacts, explosive volcanism and subsurface water [source: NASA Mars]. "Water is key because almost everywhere we find water on Earth we find life," NASA's Web site. However, we are still unsure life existed on Mars.

Curiosity was equipped a higher precision landing system developed from the data gathered by the twin rovers as they landed [10]. When the twin rovers arrived on Mars, both were blown off course from the landing point, but Spirit landed within 10 km of the intended location while Opportunity landed 24 km away [11]. Curiosity was equipped with a descent imager to pinpoint its descent trajectory, allowing it to be guided precisely to its landing point at Gale Crater, even though there were potentially dangerous areas nearby such as the crater wall and Mount Sharp [10]. In addition, Curiosity was equipped with a plutonium-238 power generator instead of solar panels, so as to not restrict it to searching in sunlit areas [10]. This plutonium generator is intended to last at least 1 full Mars year or about 687 Earth days, although the power it generates will slowly decline over time as the plutonium undergoes radioactive decay, since it is an unstable isotope of plutonium [10]. Curiosity also has scientific instruments on board, ranging from cameras and imagers built-in to the deck and arms of the rover to Alpha Particle X-ray spectrometers, Radiation Assessment detectors, and the ChemCam meant to aid the rover in reaching its objectives, while taking note of the its performance under those conditions [10]. The spectrometer is

Opportunity was launched in July 2003 for an exploration on Mars. Its mission was to search for signs of past life on Mars [1]. In particular it was searching for geological clues about the existence of water on Mars and whether Mars was wet enough to be hospitable to life [2]. Opportunity was lucky that it landed close to a thin out crop of rocks and it was able to find the evidence of existence of deep salty water flowed over the area from those rocks [2]. Moreover, those rocks could also

Currently NASA is working on exploring Mars. They send rovers to collect samples of the Mars terrain. NASA has found some sort of plant life on Mars which leads them to believe that there is water on Mars or previously was. This

There has been a lot of talk about mars. Out of all the potential options, most have settled that mars is the best for humans. The enthused Frank Stratford, in an article, says, “let’s do this thing…Let’s approach this with the benefits of six decades of spaceflight, push through the costs and in one risky megaproject of settling Mars, reach to the benefits of advancing… so that we and future generations can grow from our new discoveries on Mars.” Indeed, Despite inherent risk, colonizing mars is both a priority and a goal for the advancement of our species.