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Reaching for Mars – The Indian Express
Early on Friday India time, NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to touch down on Mars. Last week, the UAE’s Hope mission entered Martian orbit, and was followed…
Going to Mars is non-trivial, since both planets revolve around the Sun and are hence in constant motion relative to each other. Earth and Mars are at their closest distance relative to each other every 26 months and this is when Earthlings try to send missions to Mars.
Every two years since the 1960s, different space agencies have sent missions to Mars. Between 1976 and 1992, many launch windows remained unutilised. On occasion, there have been multiple missions in a launch window.
But never in…
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