I-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) imemezela ukuthi i-Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) isiqedile ukundiza kwayo kweminyaka engu-60 ye-Red Planet.
Khumbula ukuthi uphenyo lwe-MRO lwethulwa ngo-Agasti 12, 2005 e-Cape Canaveral Space Centre. Idivayisi yangena ku-Mars orbit ngo-March 2006.
I-probe yakhelwe ukutadisha isimo sezulu saseMartian, isimo sezulu, umkhathi kanye ne-geology. Izinsimbi ezihlukahlukene zesayensi zisetshenziselwa lokhu - amakhamera, ama-spectrometers nama-radar.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi umgomo oyinhloko wesiteshi waphothulwa ekupheleni kuka-2008 - kusukela lapho uhlelo locwaningo lunwetshwe izikhathi eziningana. I-MRO isebenza ngempumelelo kuze kube yilolu suku, okuhlanganisa nokusebenza njengokudluliselwa kolwazi oluvela kubahlali baseMartian.
Kubikwa ukuthi phakathi nenkonzo yalo uphenyo lwasakaza izithombe ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-378 eMhlabeni. Ivolumu yedatha ekhiqizwe ngokwayo isivele yeqile ku-360 Tbit. Ngaphezu kwalokho, idivayisi ithumele ngaphezu kwe-1 Tbit yolwazi kusuka kwabahlala phansi, ikakhulukazi kusuka ku-Curiosity rover.
Kulindeleke ukuthi ulwazi olutholwe phakathi neminyaka yomsebenzi we-MRO luzosetshenziswa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ekulungiseleleni izimishini ezihleliwe eziya ku-Red Planet.
Source: 3dnews.ru