The NASA autonomous probe is about to land on Mars

The National Aeronautics Agency (NASA) has confirmed that its most modern self-propelled probe, Curiosity, will land on Mars's surface at 1:31 PM EDT (5:30 PM GMT). ) on August 6 and the landing process will be reported live from Times Square, New York City.

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The program will be carried out from the Mission Control Center of NASA's Jet Laboratory in California, but will be interrupted because radio signals on Mars take 14 minutes to propagate to Earth.

Illustration of the operation of the Curiosity self-propelled probe on Mars.

The 6 Curiosity self-propelled robot weighs about a ton, much larger than all the robots that were previously loaded onto the Martian surface. This ship is about twice as long and five times heavier than the previous Mars probe.

The ship is equipped with 10 scientific devices, including two devices for storing and analyzing powdered stone samples collected by robotic arms.

According to NASA, the Curiosity is on a precise journey of landing next to a mountain on Mars to begin an unprecedented scientific discovery program for two years.

During a year-long main mission on Mars - nearly two years on Earth - scientists will use ship tools to study whether the landing zone has environmental conditions. whether or not it facilitates the life of microorganisms and is conducive to preserving the clues of life.