prepare for boarding mars navigation gps mars at close orbit … is 35 million miles away………
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Prepare for boarding
MARS NavigationGPS
Mars at close orbit …
is 35 million miles away………
MARS LANDING SAUCER
Take off in a
Delta Rocket
Heading to MarsThru the cold darkness of space
It will take seven months for us to reach Mars.
Engineers adjust flight paths along the way. A small trajectory error can result in a big detour where the rocket would miss the planet entirely.
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS MAKE MANY DECISIONS DURING THESE MISSIONS.
Mars is in sight…
Preparing for .. de –orbit burn
Establishing an orbit
We must slow down and get ready forlanding.
We are going to look for a place to land near the equatorso that we can have sunlight
We will be using solar power
Mars has two polar ice caps composed of water ice and solid
carbon dioxide ("dry ice")
MARSATMOSPHERE
CARBON DIOXIDENITROGENARGONOXYGEN
A supersonic parachute will slow its descent.
SAUCER
Robot is inside this balloon
The balloons help the robot land softly
AIR BAGS WITH ROBOTS INSIDE
ROBOT ROLLS OUT ON MARS
Greetings, welcome to planet
mars
IT TAKES 15 MINUTES FOR TRANSMISSION SIGNALS TO REACH MARS FROM EARTH.
15 min.
FIRST MARS MISSION: PATHFINDER ROBOT NAMED SOJOURNER
FIRST LANDING
MARS SOIL
If you lived on Mars ,
this would be your backyard
FIRST PICTURE OF MARS SENT BACK BY THE MARS ROVER
First… robot sent to mars 1971Prop M. …. By the RussiansSize of a shoebox
First U.S. ROBOT SOJOURNER
2- ROCKETS WERE LAUNCHED 2003
Each carrying a robot
MARS ROBOTS
Spirit
Opportunity
Robot “Spirit” next to a 6th grade girl
This young girl named the robots:
Spirit
Opportunity
Size of a golf cart
She was born in Russia and adopted
by an American family when she was two years old.
This is what she wrote that won a
contest she had entered.
I used to live in an orphanage. It was cold , dark & lonely.
At night, I looked up at the sky to feel better. I dreamed I could fly there. In America, I can make all my dreams come true.
Thank-you for the 'Spirit' and the 'Opportunity'
SPIRIT&OPPORTUNITY ROBOTS
PICTURES
FROM
SPIRIT
MARS ROVER
Engineers study manuals to perform delicate operations
NASA program started 2012
Curiosity… the newest robot sent to marsWeight 1 ton …… Launched 2012
Size of a small car
SaucerCapsule
Curiosity
Robots to Mars
1. Prop M 1971 Russians2. Sojourner 19973. Spirit 20034. Opportunity 20035. Curiosity 2012
FUTURE EXPLORATION OF MARS
This is what mars could look like in 100 years
I forgot my Iphone
This is a picture for now… and some day may be a reality
SecurityCheckpoint
Make sure you have your
boarding passes
Come back soon.. We will be waiting
It will take us 7 months to return back to earth
Re-entering earth’s atmosphere
After we landed … we found we had a visitor on board
Take me to your leader….