Traces Soviet missing ships on Mars

Some amateur scientists in Russia say they found the resting place of a Soviet ship that had been missing nearly 42 years ago.

While analyzing the photos of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - the US spacecraft flying around Mars since 2006 - on the website of the US Aerospace Agency, some amateur scientists on Vk.com site at Russia has seen traces of some devices in several photos. They assumed that the devices belonged to Mars 3, the ship the Soviet Union had launched to Mars in the early 1970s, Fox News reported.

The Mars 3 in an American documentary. (Photo: NASA)

The Soviet Union launched two Mars 2 and Mars 3 ships on Mars in 1971. Mars 2 landed on the red planet on November 27, 1971 but disappeared by a dust storm, and Mars 3 landed at Ptolemaus hole in sale. South bridge of Mars on December 2 of the same year. At first it seemed that the landing of Mars 3 was perfect, but at exactly 14.5 seconds after passing a signal to the earth, it suddenly fell silent. Since then the Russians have not received any signal from the ship.

NASA says its experts will continue to analyze image data to see if the device is actually Mars 3. However, NASA judged the ability of the device to be quite high in the Soviet spacecraft. In addition to ships, experts also saw three things like heat-resistant plates, brake missiles and parachutes in Ptolemaeus holes. They are about the same size as the heat-resistant plate, the missile and the parachute of Mars 3. Their position in the images is also consistent with the ship's landing process.

One photo was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Mars
in 2007. The light object in the middle of the image may be the Mars 3. (Photo: NASA)

After the disappearance of Mars 3, the Soviet Union launched two more ships on Mars in 1973, but they did not complete the mission. It was not until 1976 that the US ship Viking 1 successfully landed on Mars, becoming the first "surviving" ship to travel to the red planet.