Spain’s Centro de Astrobiología collaborated NASA giving daily weather Reports from Mars
23/02/2019.
[Mars]
metalocus, ANDREA GONZÁLEZ
metalocus, ANDREA GONZÁLEZ
NASA now gives a daily look at how the weather is on the Mars, aka the Red Planet. Having touched down on the Red Planet on November 26th 2018. Environmental data, information on air temperature, wind speed and pressure (Pa), is taken at Elysium Planitia, near Mars’ equator by the InSight Lander’s meteorological sensors and then relayed back to Earth.
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data. Image courtesy of NASA
The data shows that Mars does get quite cold, “warming” up to 8° F (-13° C) and dropping down to temperatures as cold as -139° F (-95° C). Those interested in Mars’ past-week temperature readings can check out NASA’s Mars InSight mission video below.
Through a package of sensors called the auxiliary payload subsystem (APSS), insight will provide more around-the-clock weather information than any previous mission to the martian surface. The lander records this data during each second of every sol (a martian day) and sends it to Earth on a daily basis. The spacecraft is designed to continue that operation for at least the next two earth years, allowing it to study seasonal changes. The tool was developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, with partners at Cornell University and Spain’s Centro de Astrobiología.
Through a package of sensors called the auxiliary payload subsystem (APSS), insight will provide more around-the-clock weather information than any previous mission to the martian surface. The lander records this data during each second of every sol (a martian day) and sends it to Earth on a daily basis. The spacecraft is designed to continue that operation for at least the next two earth years, allowing it to study seasonal changes. The tool was developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, with partners at Cornell University and Spain’s Centro de Astrobiología.
