Again the victory of scientists. European Space Agency Live Streaming Video from Mars for First Time (MARS Livestream) was able to do. We have seen different parts of the Red Planet through the Mars Express spacecraft. Amazingly, each image from Mars took around 17 minutes to reach Earth, which is about 300 million kilometers away, and another minute to pass the ground stations. The images were captured by Mars Express’s Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC), which acts as a webcam.
The footage first shows about a third of Mars, which gradually expands into the frame and shrinks before the spacecraft orbits the planet again. White clouds are also clearly visible in some images. Mars Express has been orbiting Mars for 20 years.
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“Mars Express is doing more than ever and exceeding expectations,” the European Space Agency said. Simon Wood, the mission’s spacecraft operations engineer, told The Associated Press that images and other data are typically stored on the spacecraft and then transmitted back to Earth.
The mission of the spacecraft, which was launched on June 2, 2003, was to study the geology, climate, and atmosphere of Mars. Its radar device, MARSIS, has been instrumental in detecting water ice below and above the planet’s surface. The mission will continue to explore Mars until at least 2026.
Again the victory of scientists. European Space Agency Live Streaming Video from Mars for First Time (MARS Livestream) was able to do. We have seen different parts of the Red Planet through the Mars Express spacecraft. Amazingly, each image from Mars took around 17 minutes to reach Earth, which is about 300 million kilometers away, and another minute to pass the ground stations. The images were captured by Mars Express’s Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC), which acts as a webcam.
The footage first shows about a third of Mars, which gradually expands into the frame and shrinks before the spacecraft orbits the planet again. White clouds are also clearly visible in some images. Mars Express has been orbiting Mars for 20 years.
Watch that video too
“Mars Express is doing more than ever and exceeding expectations,” the European Space Agency said. Simon Wood, the mission’s spacecraft operations engineer, told The Associated Press that images and other data are typically stored on the spacecraft and then transmitted back to Earth.
The mission of the spacecraft, which was launched on June 2, 2003, was to study the geology, climate, and atmosphere of Mars. Its radar device, MARSIS, has been instrumental in detecting water ice below and above the planet’s surface. The mission will continue to explore Mars until at least 2026.