Robotic Pioneers: Unraveling the Cosmos through Space Exploration

in hive-175254 •  2 years ago 

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There is no end to space, with the technology we have, I think we barely scratched the surface here. We can only come up with theoretical and mathematical proof of what's out there, with the technology we have today, we can only observe and cannot interact or explore space or things within it. But we are making great progress on exploring solar system, we have automated rovers which will rome around a planet and sends us lots of photos and informations. So i wantwd to talk about rovers today.

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Space exploration rovers revolutionised our exploration of space, they operate in a harsh environment which is inhabitable with unbearable temperature and pressure. They provide us with invaluable information and experiments, and they lets us study these celestial bodies without putting our lives on the line. Now we'll talk about some rovers and their ground breaking discoveries.

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  • Sojourner: Ofcourse the first rover we are gonna talk about is sojourner which is the first rover to land and explore successfully on mars. It was launched in 1996 by NASA as a part of their pathfinder mission. Sojourner is a small six wheeled geologist robot, it became famous when landed because Sojourner was the first rover to successfully land and explore another planet. This rover helped us to learn about the geography, rock composition and structure and climate patterns paving the way for upcoming mars expeditions.

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  • Spirit and oppurtunity: next up, we have the twin robots spirit and oppurtunity which were landed on 2004 on the red planet. They were initially planned for a 90 days expedition but broke scientists expectations and continued to explore and collect information for years. Scientists lost contact of spirit in 2010 but opportunity continued to collect information untill 2018. Spirit and oppurtunity plays a major role in our understanding of the red planet. These rovers uncovered the evidence of past water activities and various geological formations, they also captured lots of landscapes of mars.

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  • Curiosity : One of the most popular rover on space exploration subject. Curiosity has been periodically gave us groundbreaking information from mars, it is a car sized rover which is launched in 2012 equipped with lots of sophisticated scientific instruments. It has been providing us with lots of informations ever since, some of the importan feats it achieved is discovery of organic compounds on mars, and ancient habitable environment. Which are crucial information for upcoming human expeditions and habitation if possible.

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In 2019, the scientists officially declared that the oppurtunity rover has been died, but not before it achieved an extraordinary feat. The oppurtunity rover travelled over 45 kilometers on the martian surface which is the longest journey a rover from earth ever gone other than earth. This epic journey by oppurtunity on the Meridiani Planum region provided is with invaluable insights and landscapes of the region.

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This scientific marvels continues to provide us with invaluable informations that could one day help us habitat mars or other planets. The rover gave us a deep look into planets like never before helping us to learn more about their landscapes, climate, rock formation, etc. I hope you learned something new today.

Thank you for stopping by and Have a nice day!

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