NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is the latest link in the space agency's Martian communications network for keeping in touch with its surface rovers. Last week, the unmanned orbiter carried out a test using a special radio apparatus that allowed it to relay 550 megabits of data from the Curiosity rover to NASA’s Deep Space Network back on Earth. .. Continue Reading MAVEN uses special radio to relay data from Curiosity Mars rover
Section: Space
Tags: Communications, Curiosity Rover, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, MAVEN, NASA,Spacecraft
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