On Friday NASA said a comet that flew by planet Mars last month released a strong meteor shower that changed the chemistry of the planet’s upper atmosphere for a short period. Siding Spring is the name of the comet and it came from a faraway region in the solar system known as Oort Cloud. The comet passed 87,000 miles from Mars on October 19 with a speed of 35 miles, or 56 km per second and it … [Read more...]
MAVEN Captures Solar Storm Hitting Mars
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) already provides exciting data. NASA launched the Mars probe on November 18, 2013. On September 22, 2014, less than a year after, MAVEN reached the red planet’s orbit after a 442 million miles long journey. The latest NASA spacecraft was send with one primary purpose. MAVEN will analyze the upper Martian atmosphere for traces of water. Curiosity … [Read more...]
MAVEN Reached Mars, NASA Announced
Did you know NASA launched another space mission last year? The spacey agency will not take a break, even if the funding is getting scarcer due to political decisions backed by internal audits. On November 18 2013, NASA launched MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission). After less than one year, the climate analysis satellite travelled 442 million miles to reach the red planet. … [Read more...]
NASA Spacecraft Seeking Answers to Lost Water Approaches Mars
After a long 10 month journey to the red planet, a NASA spacecraft will enter Mars’s orbit on Sunday in order to investigate how the planet lost its water. The spacecraft traveled 422 million miles from Earth and will experience a do-or-die burn of its braking rockets scheduled to start at 9:37 PM EDT/0137 GMT. MAVEN’s (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) thruster burns will hopefully give … [Read more...]
