CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Since landing on Mars in August 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring 3-mile-high Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater. A recap of the rover’s decade on Mars includes some of its most exciting science, as we mark the 10th anniversary of its Aug.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Curiosity rover found that ancient Mars had the right chemistry to support living microbes. Curiosity found sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon– key ingredients necessary for life–in the powder sample drilled from the “Sheepbed” mudstone in Yellowknife Bay.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mars Science Laboratory arrived at Mars through technological innovations that tested a completely new landing method. The spacecraft descended on a parachute, then during the final seconds before landing, the landing system fired rockets to allow it to hover while a tether lowered Curiosity to the surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -First among the mission’s scientific goals was to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils for clues to past water activity on Mars. The rovers were targeted to sites on opposite sides of Mars that looked like they were affected by liquid water in the past.