The car-sized Perseverance and its little helicopter buddy Ingenuity landed together inside Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18. That makes today (June 1) the 100th Martian day, or "sol," for the robotic duo. (One sol lasts about 24 hours and 40 minutes, slightly longer than an Earth day.)
The first 100 sols have been action-packed. For example, Perseverance has already tested all of its cameras and scientific instruments, beamed home more than 75,000 images, captured the first-ever true audio on the Martian surface , supported and documented Ingenuity's historic flight campaign, generated oxygen from the carbon dioxide-dominated Martian atmosphere and begun traveling to its first "exploration zone," the rover team wrote in a Twitter post today .
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NASA's InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
The spacecraft successfully cleared some dust off its solar panels, helping to raise its energy and delay when it will need to switch off its science instruments.
The team behind NASA’s InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft’s energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander’s robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, helping the wind to carry off some of the panel’s dust. The result was a gain of about 30 watt-hours of energy per sol, or Martian day.
First Mars, Now Exploring Venus? - WeatherNation
The first two days of June have already generated out of this world excitement for not one, but two planets in our Solar System.
On June 1, NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover celebrated 100 days (sols) on the Red Planet. Back on February 18, the world watched for the first time in almost a decade a rover land on Mars , the beginning of a successful and exciting mission that included the first powered, controlled flight on another planet as well as routine weather reports of the Martian atmosphere!
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Strong Points: AR allows users to get a close look at Mars and the rovers; additional information available about the planet and missions.
China's Zhurong Rover Lands on Mars | Planetary News
The Zhurong rover looks back as it drives onto the martian surface to investigate Mars' ancient geology. Credit: CNSA.
May 14, 2021, marked a historic day for the Chinese Space Agency as their Zhurong landing platform and rover safely touched down on the surface of Mars. Zhurong, named after a Chinese fire god, is a part of the ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars mission, which includes an orbiter that released the lander and rover.
The Zhurong rover, which is solar-powered, drove off the landing platform on May 21, securing China's place as the second nation to successfully land and operate a rover on the surface of Mars.
Bringing Mars To Earth - Are We There Yet - Space - 90.7 WMFE
WMFE's Brining Mars to Earth, May 22, 2021. Photo: Ryan Ellison/WMFE WMFE’s Brining Mars to Earth, May 22, 2021. Photo: Ryan Ellison/WMFE
NASA's Perseverance rover is sending back some of the clearest and most dramatic images of the Martian surface ever. It landed earlier this year, and since then has been beaming back detailed panoramics, up close images, even sound and video of one of our closest celestial neighbors.
We wanted to bring these images to our listeners, so last month we hosted an event at the Dr. Phillip Center for the Performing Arts here in Orlando. It was called "Bringing Mars to Earth" and aimed to show off these great images and videos of the planet — and a look at what scientists hope to uncover when Percy starts beaming back science data.
How China's space station could help power astronauts to Mars | South China Morning Post
Bruno Mars Directs, Stars in Ad Campaign for His Rum Brand
As celebrities continue to flock to the alcohol space—often with tequila, gin and wine brands—Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has taken the tropical road less traveled with SelvaRey, a premium rum with a new flavor launching today.
T.L. Stanley is a senior editor at Adweek, where she specializes in consumer trends, cannabis marketing, plant-based food products, pop culture and creativity.
Mariner 4: Our First Up-Close Look At Mars | Hackaday
In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t all that long ago that the entire body of knowledge of our solar system was built solely with Earth-based observations. Turning first their naked eyes to the heavens, and then a succession of increasingly complex and sensitive optical and radio telescopes gathering light from all across the spectrum, our astronomically curious forbears did a commendable job working out the broad strokes of what’s going on in the neighborhood.
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A #StateOfNASA update from @NASAJPL on our @NASAPersevere rover, which has passed its 101st sol, or Martian day. Pe… https://t.co/vOWOQAcKBt NASA (from Pale Blue Dot) Wed Jun 02 19:47:29 +0000 2021
Perseverance rover marks 100th Mars day on the Red Planet https://t.co/TWXSV2BBE0 https://t.co/eUh49lh2fC SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Tue Jun 01 22:17:00 +0000 2021
#PPOD: "I thought I was orbiting Mars when I saw this view! No cloud in sight and the red and ochre colours stretch… https://t.co/V9cguNZfQ6 SETIInstitute (from Mountain View, CA) Wed Jun 02 14:15:14 +0000 2021
NASA's Perseverance rover is the 1st spacecraft in years to carry fresh US plutonium. It won't be the last.… https://t.co/jWoGBqnNQj SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Wed Jun 02 11:20:10 +0000 2021
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