Amid solar conjunction on Mars, where the Red planet disappears behind the Sun, the rovers and orbiters will continue with science operations, NASA said.
A celestial event happening right now could corrupt commands sent from Earth to NASA's Mars rovers so the team is taking a break until the situation normalizes.
Skygazers who keep watch on the movement of planets in our solar system were surprised when they did not see Mars – the Red Planet and next-door neighbor of Earth, Saturday November 11, 2023.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just made its 65th and 66th Mars flights, two short hops that positioned the chopper properly for the coming 'solar conjunction.'
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The Curiosity rover team has been preparing for the start of the Solar Conjunction in November, when contact with all Mars spacecraft will be impossible for three weeks since Mars will be behind the