Thursday 31 July 2014

NASA reveals instruments selected for Mars 2020 rover



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

Section: Space

Tags: Mars, Mars 2020, NASA, Rover

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