Shows the path (with scale) of the drive on 1227. North is up on all of the JPL/NASA mission maps (unless otherwise stated)

  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It sounds like of the four missions containing PrOP-M rovers, only Mars 3 made it to a soft landing on the surface.

    The lander began transmitting to the Mars 3 orbiter 90 seconds after landing. After 20 seconds, transmission stopped for unknown reasons.

    Due to communication loss it is unknown whether the rover was deployed.

    • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I guess the world will have to wait for those future boots on the ground at the Mars 3 landing site to see if the rover was deployed. Deep down I hope it did get deployed and roved, even it was only a few centimeters / inches. Those boots will be long after I am pushing up the daisies, as I’m already older than dirt… :) But the young ones that follow these exploits on Mars will get to see what happened… :)