Isro Mars Orbiter Chief ambitious about Mission Venus
The first ever venture into Venus is part of the country's space exploration, claimed the topmost ISRO scientists here on Wednesday.
The first ever venture into Venus is part of the country's space exploration, claimed the topmost ISRO scientists here on Wednesday.
The finding made using data from NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) satellite may help in future space missions.
India is celebrating its first-ever National Space Day to mark the anniversary of the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday announced plans to shift one million people to Mars.
The eclipse will be visible in the region covering the Western Pacific Ocean, Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, eastern South America, northeastern North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
China launched its Mars probe -- Tianwen-1 -- on July 23, last year. The spacecraft, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, entered the parking orbit of Mars on February 24 this year..
"A primary goal of the Curiosity mission was to study the transition between the habitable environment of the past, to the dry and cold climate that Mars has now,"
The research team from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) found that around four billion years ago, Mars was home to enough water to have covered the whole planet in an ocean about 100 to 1,500 metres deep; a volume roughly equivalent to half of Earth's Atlantic Ocean.
A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life.
In the following weeks, Perseverance will test its robotic arm and take its first, short drive.
