Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Amurka (NASA) ta sanar da cewa, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) ta cika shekaru 60 na tashi daga sararin samaniyar duniya ta Red Planet.
Ku tuna cewa an ƙaddamar da binciken MRO a ranar 12 ga Agusta, 2005 daga Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Cape Canaveral. Na'urar ta shiga duniyar Mars a cikin Maris 2006.
An ƙera binciken ne don yin nazarin yanayi, yanayi, yanayi da ilimin ƙasa. Ana amfani da kayan aikin kimiyya daban-daban don wannan - kyamarori, spectrometers da radars.
Yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa an kammala babban aikin tashar a ƙarshen 2008 - tun daga wannan lokacin an tsawaita shirin bincike sau da yawa. MRO yana aiki cikin nasara har wa yau, gami da yin aiki azaman isar da bayanai daga masu ƙasa na Martian.
An ba da rahoton cewa a lokacin da binciken ya aika da hotuna sama da dubu 378 zuwa duniya. Adadin bayanan da aka samar ya riga ya wuce 360 Tbit. Bugu da kari, na'urar ta aika da bayanai sama da 1 Tbit daga masu saukar da kasa, musamman daga Curiosity rover.
Ana sa ran za a yi amfani da bayanan da aka samu tsawon shekaru na aikin MRO, da dai sauransu, a cikin shirye-shiryen shirye-shiryen ayyukan da aka tsara zuwa Red Planet.
source: 3dnews.ru