I-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ibhengeza ukuba iMars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) igqibe iminyaka yayo engama-60 yokubhabha ngokubhabha kweRed Planet.
Khumbula ukuba i-MRO probe yaphehlelelwa ngo-Agasti 12, 2005 kwiZiko laseCape Canaveral Space. Esi sixhobo sangena kwi-Mars orbit ngoMatshi ka-2006.
Iprobe iyilelwe ukufunda imozulu yaseMartian, imozulu, umoya kunye nejoloji. Izixhobo ezahlukeneyo zenzululwazi zisetyenziselwa oku - iikhamera, ii-spectrometers kunye neeradar.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba umsebenzi ophambili wesikhululo wagqitywa ekupheleni kuka-2008 - ukususela ngoko inkqubo yophando iye yandiswa amaxesha amaninzi. I-MRO isebenza ngempumelelo ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, kubandakanywa nokusebenza njenge-relay yolwazi oluvela kubahlali baseMartian.
Kuxelwe ukuba ngexesha lenkonzo yalo uphononongo lwasasaza ngaphezulu kweefoto ezingamawaka angama-378 eMhlabeni. Umthamo wedatha eyenziweyo sele ugqithile kwi-360 Tbit. Ukongeza, isixhobo sithumele ngaphezu kwe-1 Tbit yolwazi oluvela kubanini bemihlaba, ngokukodwa kwi-Curiosity rover.
Kulindeleke ukuba ulwazi olufunyenwe kule minyaka yomsebenzi we-MRO luya kusetyenziswa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, kulungiselelo lwemishini ecwangcisiweyo ecwangcisiweyo kwiPlanethi eBomvu.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru