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25 Jul 2020, 1:57 pm
The space explorators NASA recently released new footage from the planet Mars.
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The Martian sky, which is actually reddish and hazy, appears to range in colour from yellow to blue, which is said to be the result of the re-colouring of the images to help geologists identify rock formations.
The car-sized Curiosity is NASA’s only rover still operating on Mars. Spirit and Opportunity, the twin rovers which discovered evidence that the planet once had running water, were pronounced dead in 2011 and 2019, respectively, after getting stuck in sand and dust storms.
NASA wants to launch another scout, called Perseverance, on 30 July. It will be accompanied by Ingenuity, the first helicopter attempting to fly on another planet, which will be used to provide the path to interesting targets for Perseverance.
Due to the thin Martian atmosphere, the copter blades will have to spinning up to 2,400 revolutions per minute, compared with 500 revolutions for helicopters on Earth.
25 Jul 2020, 1:57 pm
