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Air Deliveries Bring NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Closer to Launch
A NASA Wallops Flight Facility cargo plane transported more than two tons of equipment — including the rover's sample collection tubes — to Florida for this summer's liftoff.
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Current Weather on Mars
InSight sol 528 (2020-05-22) low -93.5ºC (-136.3ºF) high -5.3ºC (22.4ºF) winds from the SW at 6.3 m/s (14.0 mph) gusting to 23.6 m/s (52.8 mph) pressure at 7.10 hPa
Mars Facts
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Equatorial Diameter: | 6,792 km |
| Polar Diameter: | 6,752 km |
| Mass: | 6.39 × 10^23 kg (0.11 Earths) |
| Moons: | 2 (Phobos & Deimos) |
| Orbit Distance: | 227,943,824 km (1.38 AU) |
| Orbit Period: | 687 days (1.9 years) |
| Surface Temperature: | -87 to -5 °C |
| First Record: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Recorded By: | Egyptian astronomers |
Mars Hemispheres
Cerberus Hemisphere
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Schiaparelli Hemisphere
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Syrtis Major Hemisphere
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