From November 11 to November 25, NASA stopped sending commands to Mars spacecraft due to the connection between Mars and the Sun. This temporary communication is to avoid interference from solar energy. When directly between Earth and Mars. Although the new order is delayed, Mars rovers, satellites and a small helicopter continue to conduct research projects to deliver new treatments during the two-week Pham break. For more than a week, NASA deliberately lost contact with its robotic missions on and around Mars. Every two years, Earth and Mars have a solar conjunction, which puts them on opposite sides of the Sun. Currently, Mars is in Libra with the Sun, creating a communication problem for evangelism.
The distance between Earth and Mars, usually 140 million miles, expands to 235 million miles when sun-connected, or about 2.5 astronomical units (AU). This celestial event contrasts with the Mars opposition, where Earth is sandwiched between Mars and the Sun. The purpose of radiation is to avoid being affected by radiation from the sun and to prevent interference with data sent by rovers, orbiters and helicopters. The confusion could have jeopardized the mission and led to NASA to delay the order from November 11 to November 25. Roy Gladden, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars Relay Network , announced that the mission team has prepared a list of what needs to be done. Make it so that Mars spacecraft has continuous health care during communication.
Even diagnosis is temporarily delayed by 48 hours when Mars is directly behind the solar disk. While the control mission anxiously waits for the signal to return, mechanical stations on Mars are expected to be willing to share their findings during the communications blackout.
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