Padlet Astronomy Project 2020 by MADELINE SMITH https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp Madeline Smith Pd.4 3/6/2020 en-us 2020-03-06 15:59:42 UTC 2024-05-27 11:52:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Launched - Landed 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/455836629 Launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26,2011 and landed on Mars on August 5, 2012]]> 2020-03-06 16:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/455836629 Status 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/455838604 The rover is currently still on Mars and collecting very valuable data.]]> 2020-03-06 16:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/455838604 What is the Curiosity Rover? 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/455842125 The curiosity rover is a car sized rover designed to explore Mars and look at the possibility of water and life there.]]> 2020-03-06 16:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/455842125 What has it found? 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456959018 Curiosity found that there was water once on Mars, which leads to the taught if maybe there was life on Mars previously...
 (22-142)]]> 2020-03-09 15:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456959018 How long will the rover last? 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456968413 Curiosity runs on nuclear power. It's estimated that curiosity will have 14 years of power, which leaves us halfway done already at 7 years.]]> 2020-03-09 15:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456968413 Curiosity 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456973139 2020-03-09 15:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456973139 Insert Picture of Gale crater on Mars 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456973927 2020-03-09 15:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/456973927 Sources 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457672109 2020-03-10 15:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457672109 Summary 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457680140 2020-03-10 15:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457680140 What is Curiosity made out of? 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457686930 In order for Curiosity to thrive with the dramatic temperature Mars has to offer, she was created with a variety of expensive metals such as tungsten, stainless steel, copper, titanium, and many more. 
She costed 2.5 billion dollars to make, which is 1 million dollars over budget!
]]> 2020-03-10 15:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457686930 Has the rover been damaged yet? 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457688916 Yes, Curiosity's wheels have been damaged just three months after she arrived due to constant usage. Further tears in the wheel have been spotted as of 2017. In order to solve this problem, NASA administrators slowed down the rover's speed. ]]> 2020-03-10 15:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457688916 Curiosity's broken wheel 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457694045 2020-03-10 15:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457694045 How does it take samples of the surface? 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457700951 Curiosity uses a mobile organic chemistry lab and  a laser that can vaporize rocks to take samples of the surface. Additionally, she has 17 cameras and 10 additional instruments for the same purpose. ]]> 2020-03-10 15:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/457700951 Curiosity's latest drill hole after the drill was repaired. 1504797 https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/458784748 2020-03-11 23:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1504797/f8q7tcb36esp/wish/458784748