NASA develops dust storm forecasting technology on Mars

If you've seen The Martian, it's because of a dust storm on Mars that the expedition has to destroy, to fly back to Earth, while traveling between the two planets. A few years ago, even a mission was canceled because of a supply ship to Mars but hit the storm area. Therefore, NASA is aiming to anticipate the dust storms on the red planet to increase the success rate for future missions.

After decades of research to distinguish seasonal dust storms from stars from dusty images, the most obvious patterns appear to be taken by measuring the temperature of the planet's atmosphere. In the past six years, Mars (which is about twice as long as Martian a year), records temperatures from the NASA Mars spacecraft, reveals a three-tiered pattern of large-area dust storms. in the chain at about the same time each year, in the spring and summer in the southern hemisphere. Each year on Mars lasts about two years of the Earth.

NASA says it is seeking to improve the forecast of dust storms on the red planet.

When in the "atmosphere" of Mars with dust, it will absorb heat from the sun, causing higher temperatures, sometimes up to 35 degrees difference compared to the "atmosphere" there is no dust. NASA began shipping the satellite to the red planet in 1997, in which Mars Reconnaissance satellites approached the planet in 2006 and are still operational today. Most of the dust storms on Mars will melt after a few days, but there are also major storms, which last up to 3 weeks in a row and cover up one-third of the planet, so its pole strength big time

NASA has long been able to put people on Mars, and before that they had to find a way to understand the weather of the planet, avoiding the catastrophic events of the movie. The agency says it is seeking to improve the forecast of dust storms on the red planet, by collecting data from satellites, gathering information at a height of about 26 kilometers of the planetary atmosphere. This. By tracking the temperature of the atmosphere, NASA can predict when a storm will occur. If this technology is to succeed, NASA will tell future astronauts where to stay safe to meet, where to shelter when the storm arrives.