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This new 4k footage from Mars taken by the Curiosity Rover will leave you in complete awe of ‘The Red Planet’.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EXtkq07oUaM

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The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble is, rather it will actually orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kms away from the Earth at the second Lagrange point or L2.

Music: epic cinematic dramatic adventure trailer by romansenykmusic.

A world first. New footage from Mars rendered in stunning 4K resolution.

Although the cameras are high quality, the rate at which the rovers can send data back to earth is the biggest challenge. Curiosity can only send data directly back to earth at 32 kilo-bits per second.

Instead, when the rover can connect to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, we get more favourable speeds of 2 Megabytes per second.

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Next week, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission will practice touching asteroid Bennu one last time before its big moment. The 4-hour excursion will bring the spacecraft to just 131 ft (40 m) above Bennu.

Here’s a preview of the rehearsal: https://go.nasa.gov/30zVOgR

The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble is, rather it will actually orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kms away from the Earth at the second Lagrange point or L2.

Music: epic cinematic dramatic adventure trailer by romansenykmusic.

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Landing on Mars : February 2021

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