All of these tests will help NASA scientists understand the way that humans react to long space flights. Testing the long-term effects of space travel on astronauts. These include development of the Orion spacecraft and the most powerful launch vehicle to date, the Space Launch Systems megarocket. “The Martian” shows the struggles of astronaut Mark Watney who gets left behind all alone on Mars and has to survive any way if he wants to make it back home.
Advertisement
This has not happened for the first time that astronauts enjoyed seeing movie in space.
“In a couple of decades, the first humans will set foot on Mars but right now we all have the capability of exploring the surface of Mars and preparing for this great adventure,” he said, adding that Mars Trek gives humans “a virtual presence” on the planet.
Bolden was speaking at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., alongside the author of best-selling book The Martian Andy Weir. Ever three Mars years (about 5 ½ Earth years), these grow into a huge global level storm that encircles the entire planet.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are at the halfway point of a pioneering yearlong mission aboard the worldwide Space Station.
Scientists who function rovers and spacecraft on and across the Crimson Planet additionally discover extra particulars concerning the planet permitting them to characterize its surroundings to raised put together for the arrival of human explorers.
NASA is also designing an instrument as part of the Mars Oxygen ISRY Experiment (MOXIE) that will convert carbon dioxide from Mars into pure oxygen and carbon monoxide.
NASA said, “It is hoping that the film adaptation of The Martian will be a Jupiter-sized smash and that its success will trigger renewed interest in space exploration, just as Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey did a half-century ago”.
Advertisement
Called inflatable spacecraft heat shields or hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (HIAD) technology, this will generate a new class of relatively lightweight deployable aeroshells that can safely deliver more than 22 tonnes to the surface of Mars. The companies’ Dragon and Dragon 2 capsules are designed to ferry cargo, with the next stage to transport astronauts to the worldwide Space Station. That is why Bolden said he has no doubt the mission will be accomplished very soon. Cold and dry as it may be, evidence from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity suggests Mars was once capable of supporting life billions of years ago.
