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Humankind crashing7/25/2023 ![]() The nine inactive spacecraft on the surface of Mars make up the next type of debris. ![]() The European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander crashed onto the surface of Mars in 2016, as seen in these photos of the crash site captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Both Curiosity in 2012 and Opportunity in 2005 also came across debris from their landing vehicles. ![]() Earlier in the year, on June 13, 2022, Perseverance rover spotted a large, shiny thermal blanket wedged in some rocks 1.25 miles (2 km) from where the rover landed. NASA/JPL-CaltechĪ lot of small, windblown trash has been found over the years – like the netting material found recently. The Perseverance rover came across this piece of netting on July 12, 2022, more than a year after landing on Mars. These small pieces can then get blown around because of Martian winds. When this debris crashes to the ground, it can break into smaller pieces, as happened during the Perseverance rover landing in 2021. The craft discards pieces of the module as it descends, and these pieces can land in different locations on the planet’s surface – there may be a lower heat shield in one place and a parachute in another. This module includes a heat shield for when the craft passes through the planet’s atmosphere and a parachute and landing hardware so that it can land softly. NASA/JPL-Caltech Where Does the Debris Come From?ĭebris on Mars comes from three main sources: discarded hardware, inactive spacecraft and crashed spacecraft.Įvery mission to the Martian surface requires a module that protects the spacecraft. That’s because there is a lot there.Īll spacecraft that land on Mars eject equipment – like this protective shell – on their way to the Martian surface. And this is not the first time scientists have found trash on Mars. In mid-August 2022, NASA confirmed that the Mars rover Perseverance had spotted a piece of trash jettisoned during its landing, this time a tangled mess of netting. I am a postdoctoral research fellow who studies ways to track Mars and Moon rovers. Many of these missions are still ongoing, but over the decades of Martian exploration, humankind has left behind many pieces of debris on the planet’s surface. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, nations have sent 18 human-made objects to Mars over 14 separate missions. People have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50 years. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. This article by Cagri Kilic is republished here with permission from The Conversation. The district said it hasn’t released the names of the students who died “out of respect for their grieving families.”īuffalo Grove was closed on Wednesday after a fire started inside the building last night, but reopened at noon local time to “provide counseling and support services to our students as we come together during this tragic loss,” the school said in a statement on its website.This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Police transported seven people to local hospitals, including another Buffalo Grove student who remains hospitalized, Kim said. “We also offer condolences to all Buffalo Grove students, families and staff members.” “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of these students during this time of tragedy,” Kim said. ![]() The four students killed in the crash attended Buffalo Grove High School, a northwestern suburb of Chicago, school district spokeswoman Stephanie Kim said in a statement to USA TODAY. Four Buffalo Grove High School students killed in the crash “Speed and a disregarded traffic signal seem to be the primary factors involved at this time,” Wheeling police said. local time in Wheeling, Illinois, the Wheeling Police Department said in a news release. The four teenagers, who were between the ages of 16 and 18, were traveling in the same car when the crash occurred at around 10:19 p.m. Four Illinois high school students were killed in a three-vehicle crash on Tuesday night, which left three other people injured, authorities said. ![]()
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