The UK completed the construction of March 1 Rover, designed to search for strange signs of life on the Red Planet in 2030.
It is a prominent achievement of the United Kingdom, and it will be the first European Rover to fly to Mars.
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Its function will be to move the bili cylinders of Mars dirt to verify the signs of previous or current life – such as fossilized microbes.
Rover samples can reach 4 billion years.
The robot heading to Mars, which is called Rosalind Frank Rover, costs about one million pounds from start to finish.
He gets his name from British scientist Rosalind Franklin, whose work was essential to understanding the molecular structures of the DNA.
Rosalind Frank Rover is to be launched in 2028 on a NASA missile, and the land on Mars in 2030.
Earth level operators are planning to land in the Oxia Planum-rich-chlorine-rich in the Oxia Planum-rich-sliced set on Mars.
The area, one of eight possible landing locations, was chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA), after a five -year selection process.
Scientists believe that Oscia Planum was a waterproof, and for this reason there is a lot of clay in the region.
“This is the humanity that determines the flag, and the best opportunity to find whether the past life is in Mars,” Paul Pat, CEO of the UK Space Agency, said in a statement.
“Space exploration discoveries effects extend beyond the space exploration world, lead and prosperity across multiple sectors in the UK, and inspire technological progress in our favor.
“Our flights continue to improve our lives here on Earth.”
Airbus is now working on a separate drop -off platform of 150 million pounds, which will help to deliver Rover safely to the surface of Mars.
The European Space Agency initially granted the contract to build an Exomars mission to Russia, before the country invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Mars facts
Here is what you need to know about the red planet …
- Mars is the fourth planet of the sun
- It was named after the god of the Roman war
- The land area of Mars is similar to the Earth, but because of the difference in gravity, you can jump three times above than you can
- Mars is mountainous and hosts the longest known mountain in the solar system called Olympus Mons, which is three times higher than Ephrem
- Mars is the second planet is more susceptible to Earth
- It takes 687 days of the Earth to the sun
- The diameter of the planet is 4,212 miles, and an average of 140 million miles
- Mars temperatures can vary greatly, up to 70F/20C or low up to -225f/-153C
Rosalind Frank was the first time to launch a Russian proton missile in the same year.
However, the plan was accompanied by the European Space Agency, Russia's involvement in the Exomars project.
The contract was later reset to Airbus UK, which was built from the base in Stevenage and replaced all Russian components.
The last country to send Rover to Mars was the United States in 2021 with perseverance in NASA, which was crossing the Red Planet alone for more than four years.
Funded by government and UK satellite agency, EXOMARS ROVER will maintain 200 jobs in the space sector.
“This inspiring example of global -level British science will bring us a single step to answering long -term questions about possible life on Mars,” said the Minister of Technology, Peter Kyle.
“The first Rover is absolutely landing on Mars, Airbus will only help Britain in making history and leading the European space race, but also brought hundreds of very skilled jobs and investment.”
How long does it take to reach Mars?
It is no less than a trip …
- There is a huge distance between the Earth and Mars, which means that any trip to the Red Planet will take a very long time
- It has also become more complicated because of the fact that the distance is constantly changing as the planets revolve around the sun
- The closest to the Earth and Mars is a distance of 33.9 million miles – i.e. 9800 times between the distance between London and New York
- This is really rare: the most useful distance is the average, which is 140 million miles
- Scientists have already launched a full range of spacecraft to Mars (or near them), so we have an approximate idea of the time that current technology takes
- Historically, the journey lasted anywhere from 128 to 333 days – it is recognized that humans are on a narrow spacecraft.
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