TheCuriosity explorer, the most advanced rover NASA has ever sent to Mars, hassuccessfully completed its landing on the surface of the red planet, where it arrived today at 05.31 GMT (07.31 Spanish time). After a journey that lasted 36 weeks, and at a distance of 248 million kilometers from Earth, the spacecraft sent a message at 05.32 GMT that was immediately published on the NASA blog: “I am whole and safe on the surface of Mars”.
The US space agency NASA confirmed that the artifactlanded in Gale craterafter a complex maneuver during what has been called “seven minutes of terror” since entering the Martian atmosphere. As planned, the capsule deployed a gigantic parachute when it was about 11,000 meters high to slow the descent. About 20 meters above the ground, a crane lowered theCuriosity, which unfolded its six wheeled legs and began its adventure on Mars.
Now two years of research begin in which he will try to answer the eternal question of whether life on Mars exists, has existed or could exist in the future. Your first target will be precisely the Gale Crater, located just south of the Martian equator, on Mount Sharp. Scientists believe the crater was formed around 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago when Mars, Earth, and the rest of the planets in the solar system were frequently bombarded by meteorites. The region could gatherfavorable conditions for microbial life. 6 Curiosity robot curiosities.
