President Joe Biden on Thursday congratulated the NASA team responsible for last month s successful landing of an six-wheeled rover on Mars and for giving the country a dose of confidence at a moment when the nation s reputation as a scientific leader has been tattered by the coronavirus pandemic. Biden speaking in video conference call with the leadership of space agency s jet propulsion laboratory team expressed awe over the Feb. 18 landing of Perseverance. Perseverance, the biggest, most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, became the ninth spacecraft since the 1970s to successfully land on Mars, travelling some 300 million miles in nearly seven months, as part of an ongoing quest to study whether there was once life on the planet.
The huge parachute used by NASA s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out Dare Mighty Things in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot (21-metre) parachute. He also included the GPS coordinates for the mission s headquarters at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Clark, a crossword hobbyist, came up with the idea two years ago. Engineers wanted an unusual pattern in the nylon fabric to know how the parachute was oriented during descent. Turning it into a secret message was super fun, he said Tuesday.
Read more about Meet Indian American who led NASA s Perseverance Rover landing on Mars on Business Standard. Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration s (NASA) Perseverance rover on Thursday (local time) successfully touched down on the surface of Mars after surviving a blazing seven-minute plunge through the
Who Is Indian American Scientist Dr Swati Mohan, The Brain Behind NASA Perseverance Rover Landing On Mars Feb 19, 2021, 11:57 IST
As the world watched the new NASA rover touchdown on the Martian surface, it was Indian American Swati Mohan who virtually spearheaded the successful landing of Perseverance that will search for signs of life on the Red Planet. Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance is safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the signs of past life, cheered Mohan, wearing a mask from the NASA headquarters in the US. The Landing was perceived to be so dangerous it was nicknamed 7 minutes of terror .