Rover "Curious" found on Mars Lake - TVNZ

American robot “Curiosity» (Curiosity), seems to have found traces of life on Mars: Exploring the Red Planet’s surface, the rover found a swimming lake, where once could live microorganisms.

According to scientists, this kind of microorganisms can grow without sunlight and fed minerals. The researchers argue that similar forms of microbes exist in the world – in deep caves and on the ocean floor, reports the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC.

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Unit arrived at the NASA Curiosity Mars August 6, 2012, to over 687 Earth days to explore the Gale Crater. Mars rover reaches 2.8 m in length and weighs 900 kg. It is twice as long and more than five times heavier than any NASA spacecraft, launched to the surface of the Red Planet.

At this

science lab three pairs of wheels with a diameter of 50 cm, each of which is driven by the “individual” power plant. Front and rear suspension rover equipped with a rotary mechanism. The device is able to overcome obstacles 75 cm in height and do a complete 360 ??degree turn on the spot.

project cost NASA $ 2.5 billion.

MEANWHILE

Curiosity first analyzed the composition of the atmosphere of Mars

Curiosity rover

first analyzed the composition of the atmosphere of the Red Planet and found elevated levels of heavy isotopes of carbon and argon. And this means that the “dispersion” of the Martian atmosphere was primarily in its upper layers (read more)