GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: NASA has reported that on May 4, its InSight Mars lander detected the largest quake ever observed on another planet. The rover first landed on Mars in November 2018, and has since heard 1,313 quakes. What are marsquakes, and why do they happen? …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: The European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2022 mission has been delayed after the agency suspended all cooperation with Russia’s space program Roscosmos. About ExoMars: It was a joint endeavour between ESA and the Russian space agency, Roscosmos. The primary goal of the ExoMars programme is …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: Nasa’s Perseverance rover has completed a full Earth year on Mars after its successful landing on February 19, 2021. During this period on the Red Planet, the rover has completed many firsts from its ambitious to-do list: Collected the first rock cores from another …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover has made a video of the 13th flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sent by the agency. About Perseverance Rover: It was launched in 2020 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V. Why is this mission significant? It carried …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has emerged from its first “solar conjunction” blackout and gotten back to work on the Red Planet. Background: The car-sized Perseverance and other Mars spacecraft had to stand down for about two weeks recently when the Red Planet slipped behind the …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Awareness in space. NASA’s Perseverance rover Context: NASA’s Perseverance rover has clicked a panorama view of the “South Seitah” region of Mars’ Jezero Crater, offering clues to the area’s mysterious past. The images reveal the gray, darker gray, and Swiss-coffee-coloured rocky outcrops of the ridge nicknamed “Faillefeu” (after a medieval …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: The first scientific analysis of images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover has now confirmed that Mars’ Jezero crater — which today is a dry, wind-eroded depression — was once a quiet lake, fed steadily by a small river some 3.7 billion years ago. The images also …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars and attempting to collect its first rock samples. However, no rock samples were collected during the first attempt. About Perseverance Rover: It was launched in 2020 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V. Why …
