Nasa To Send Another Rover To Mars In 2020

SPACE EXPLORATION NOW WITH THE CURIOSITY ROVER PURPOSEFULLY ROAMING AND EXPERIMENTING ON THE RED PLANET, NASA HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE SENDING ANOTHER ROVER TO MARS IN 2020. NASA ALSO PUT THE NEW, UNNAMED MISSION INTO A BROADER CONTEXT OF MARS EXPLORATION, SHOWING HOW MANY DIFFERENT METHODS WILL BE USED FOR EXPLORING MARS UNTIL THE NEXT DECADE. With Curiosity successfully roaming the Red Planet and conducting experiments, NASA has announced plans for a new multi-year Mars program, including a new robot rover set to launch in 2020.NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "With this next mission, were ensuring America remains the world leader in the exploration of the Red Planet, while taking another significant step toward sending humans there in the 2030s." The plan includes using the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers; two NASA spacecraft and contributions to one European spacecraft currently orbiting Mars; the 2013 launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter to study the Martian upper atmosphere; the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission, which will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars; and participation in ESAs 2016 and 2018 ExoMars missions, including providing "Electra" telecommunication radios to ESAs 2016 mission and a critical element of the premier astrobiology instrument on the 2018 ExoMars rover. READ MORE...For the latest please visit www.33rdsquare.com