Published 02:23 IST, November 7th 2019
NASA's Curiosity rover captures bleak pictures of the Red Planet
New Photos of the barren land of the Red Planet released by the NASA Mars mission which was captured by the rover Curiosity on November 3 show mountain surface
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New Pictures released by NASA Mars mission of Red Planet were captured by rover Curiosity. w left alone on Mars, rover was able to capture a series of haunting shots of red planet’s barren land.
Ims of Mars captured by Curiosity Rover
Curiosity Rover landed on Mars in 2012, and since n has been exploring Mars', Gale Crater. rover has captured several pictures of Mars while studying its rock profile and any signs of sustaining life. picture captures is termed to be Rocky Martian Prison. rover is heing towards slope of rock debris which is called 'Central Butte', located at foot of Aeolis Mons, which is a mountain at Gale’s centre. eerie pictures were captured by Curiosity's Right Navigation Camera also called 'Sol 2573' by NASA experts on vember 3.
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Curiosity Rover looking for evidence to sustain life on planet
In pictures one can see as described by NASA, debris-strewn butte curves on surface of mountain, one can also see a series of hazy rock loons behind mountain in picture. According to NASA, ridge created by rocks forms rim of Gale Crater and surrounding rover in all directions for about 80 km. In ar picture, one can see photo taken from behind which makes bleak horizon visible that rover leaves behind once it starts climbing Mount Sharp from its base. major objective of lone rover is to discover evidence of wher Mars can sustain microbial life or t.
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In past, Curiosity rover did discover presence of water on planet along with traces of elements like hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon which can support life on planet.
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InSight Digs again
Raising massive outer joy, NASA's InSight lander's probe on Mars, on October 17, has used its robotic arm (mole) to dig nearly 2 centimetres (3/4 of an inch) over past week, anunced NASA. mole is reportedly designed to dig as much as 16 feet (5 meters) underground to gauge heat escaping from planet's interior. But, unfortunately, it has only mand to partially bury itself since it started hammering in February 2019.
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02:23 IST, November 7th 2019