Courtesy of its Insight lander, NASA has launched a website that provides week-long weather forecasts for Elysium Planitia of our dusty red neighbor.
The new site is available here, and
...provides the public with a weekly Mars forecast, including high and low temperatures, wind speed, and pressure. The weekly forecast is joined by a historic data chart showing average and record temperatures for the Red Planet, offering a truly unique look at the foreign world.
The lander is located on the Elysium Planitia, a flat, smooth plain located slightly North of the equator.
The InSight(Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander's primary mission is to "to study in-depth the 'inner space' of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core."
NASA does better with acronyms than Congress.
Also at: Bad Astronomer, CNN, Forbes, and Fortune.
(Score: 2) by black6host on Thursday February 21 2019, @06:05AM
Stop hating! How the hell else are you going to know when the best time to visit Mars is if you don't have a good weather report?!!!
Joking aside, being able to predict the weather may mean that rovers designed for months may last centuries. Just sayin'.