Recently, the Curiosity rover, part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, has found a mix of organic molecules on Mars.
About Curiosity Rover:
It is a U.S. robotic vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars.
It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket in 2011.
It has been moving around the Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars.
The rover is part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission which tested a novel landing method that saw the spacecraft descend on a parachute before its landing system fired up its rockets and hovered as the rover was lowered down onto the surface.
Features:
It draws its electric power from a thermoelectric power generator, with the heat source being the radioactive decay of plutonium and the heat sink being Mars’s atmosphere.
According to NASA, Curiosity has four main science goals in support of the agency’s Mars exploration program:
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