In search for microbial life, scientists find possible organic salts on Mars
In search for microbial life, scientists find possible organic salts on Mars
The researchers aim to find out what kinds of molecules may once have belonged to and what those molecules could reveal about the ancient environment and potential biology of the Red Planet.
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UPDATED: May 21, 2021 18:43 IST
Nasa said that the discovery could prove handy for future missions to Mars and support habitability in another environment. (Photo: Nasa)
The American space agency Nasa has said that Mars may have organic salts on its surface. The discovery has the potential to change our understanding of the surface properties of Mars and further the search for microbial life on another planet. “Like shards of ancient pottery, these salts are the chemical remnants of organic compounds, such as those previously detected by the Curiosity rover,” Nasa said in a statement.
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The lander carrying Zhurong completed the treacherous descent through the Martian atmosphere using a parachute to navigate the “seven minutes of terror” as it is known, aiming for a vast northern lava plain known as the Utopia Planitia. AFP file pic
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BEIJING, May 15 China’s Zhurong rover touched down on Mars early today, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing’s increasingly bold space ambitions and a history-making feat for a nation on its first-ever Martian mission.
The lander carrying Zhurong completed the treacherous descent through the Martian atmosphere using a parachute to navigate the “seven minutes of terror” as it is known, aiming for a vast northern lava plain known as the Utopia Planitia.
Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-1 makes historic landing on surface of Mars
Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-1 makes historic landing on surface of Mars
The Tianwen-1 landed on a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planitia, leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time, Xinhua said. Long March 5 Y-4 rocket carrying unmanned Mars probe of Tianwen-1 mission takes off in Wenchang. (Photo: Reuters)
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Updated: May 15, 2021, 08:09 AM IST
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet.
China Mars Mission 2021: Where to Follow and Watch Rover Landing
China took an independent mission to explore Mars surface. Their Tianwen-1, which translates to Question to Heaven, was scheduled to a seven-minute descent on the Martian land called Utopia Planitia and succeeded.
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China took an independent mission to explore Mars surface. The country was going against impossible odds and ambitiously sent out a fully equipped rover to do the exploration, which has reportedly succeeded.
The Tianwen-1 spacecraft has been the subject of space talk in these last two years, primarily because China was aiming the impossible: to land a rover on the Red Planet s surface. The Verge reported that until Friday, only NASA has made successful landings on the planet, such as their Soviet Union s Mars 3 spacecraft in 1971. However, connection with the spacecraft lasted no more than 20 seconds before shutting down.
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