NASA told about the next-generation Mars Rover

The Rover will receive more than two dozen “eyes”.

The national aeronautic and space USA (NASA) spoke about the advanced visualization system, which will receive future automatic planetary Rover, Mars 2020.

Recall that the basis of the next-generation Mars Rover will form the platform of the robot Curiosity, which this year celebrated the fifth anniversary of stay on the red planet. The Mars 2020 will have better avionics and a wide range of scientific instruments. In particular, the Rover will be equipped with a manipulator with a special drill and a system of sampling tubes. Tanks with samples of Martian rocks is scheduled to leave in certain places in order that subsequently they can deliver on the Ground for future automatic spacecraft to a comprehensive study in the laboratory.

Thus, it is reported that the Mars Rover 2020 will receive a total of 23 “eye”. Different cameras will be used to generate panoramic images, the detection of obstacles on the route, research environment, etc.

The new Rover will be able to get the 3D pictures. The engineering side of the camera allows you to take pictures in color with a resolution of 20 million pixels. Thus, at the disposal of scientists and enthusiasts will be pictures of the Martian landscape in an entirely new way.

We add that the Rover needs to go to the Red planet in the summer of 2020, and to arrive there in February 2021. The robot will explore the availability and suitability of local resources, including oxygen for use by subsequent manned missions.

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