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The Curiosity rover landed on August 6, 2012. | Font: POT

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August 6 this year marks the 10th anniversary of arrival in Mars robotic vehicle”curiosity’, on a mission to test past conditions conducive to life on the surface of the Red Planet.

‘curiosity’ took off aboard an Atlas 5 launch vehicle on November 26, 2011 and traveled in space for nine months, covering 482 million kilometers.

The rover’s successful arrival was a technological milestone, compressed into a dizzying seven-minute deorbit, deceleration with a combination of parachutes, brake rockets, and a tethered landing.

decade of science

The original goal was for the rover to operate for two years on a geological expedition to Mount Sharp, a sedimentary uplift at the center of Gale Crater, located south of the Martian equator. After visiting the crater curiosity Currently, he is still exploring the slopes of the mountain with his cameras and instruments to collect and chemically analyze samples.

This scenario was chosen because of the crater’s age of 3.5 to 3.8 billion years, the same period when the Earth and other planets in the solar system were often bombarded by meteorites. This is also the time when Mars it could contain an atmosphere capable of raising the temperature and allowing the presence of liquid water on the surface.

The performance of this car, known for its “selfies”, showed that he drove more than 28.5 kilometers. Mars he had an atmosphere when he was young, he has more detailed data on the planet’s radiation – for future manned missions – he has found evidence for liquid water in the past and variable emissions of methane and organic compounds. However, he did not find any evidence of life on the Red Planet. (EuropePress)

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