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Monday, March 11, 2013

Curiosity meet hill of Mars


Following spend about seven months on Mars; NASA's rover Curiosity all the time explored the area surrounding its landing zone, studying the Martian surface with its inspiring weapon store of scientific instruments. For about 208 Martian days, or nightingale, 

Curiosity rover to snooze off during a solar storm


Because of the awaiting solar storm on March 7 NASA temporarily balanced operations on the Martian surface rover Curiosity Mission Mars Science Lab (MSL). Currently, the rover mission scientists have presumed from the "sleep" mode, because the power of the solar storm was much lower than expect.

NASA has taken protection in view of the fact that a large coronal mass ejection, presumably, was to reach Mars in a few days, from March 7, the researchers say. 

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Three-dimensional map of Mars water channels


Based on information get together by Mars research orbiter Mars investigation Orbiter scientists were able to create a three-dimensional map of water channels of the red planet.

The studies experts have finished that the depth of the Martian channels formed during the global flood, about twice as much as previously thought. Full version of the work of scientists published in the journal Science.