Thursday, July 31, 2014

NASA reveals instruments selected for Mars 2020 rover

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The seven instruments selected for Mars 2020 (Image: NASA)


NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been trundling around the Red Planet for almost two years now, so the space agency is looking for a trade in. At a press conference in Washington DC, it announced the seven instruments selected to fly on the Mars 2020 rover mission that is scheduled to launch in July or August 2020 with a landing set for February 2021 at a yet to be determined site. The instruments were selected out of 58 proposals from US and international scientists and engineers, and represent a development cost of US$130 million... Continue Reading NASA reveals instruments selected for Mars 2020 rover



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