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In Metra's zone-based fare system, Mars is in zone 2. As of 2018, Mars is the 175th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 144 weekday boardings. [1] As of February 15, 2024, Mars is served as a flag stop by 15 trains (nine inbound, six outbound) on weekdays only. Mars station consists of three tracks and two side ...
West Point is located in southern Hancock County at It is 14 miles (23 km) south of Carthage , the county seat . According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, West Point has a total area of 0.17 square miles (0.44 km 2 ), all land.
For the first time since 2022, a total lunar eclipse will cause the moon to turn red as it passes through the Earth's shadow. Unlike a total solar eclipse that is visible from only a small area ...
It takes 250 days (0.68 years) in the transit to Mars, and in the case of a free-return style abort without the use of propulsion at Mars, 1.5 years to get back to Earth, at a total delta-v requirement of 3.34 km/s. Zubrin advocates a slightly faster transfer, that takes only 180 days to Mars, but 2 years back to Earth in case of an abort.
Ingenuity was planned as a technology demonstration as part of the Mars Perseverance rover mission that landed in February 2021. It was expected to fly just five times over thirty days.
West Point Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,369 and it contained 1,483 housing units. [ 2 ] The village of Lena , the unincorporated community of Waddams Grove , and two former communities of Louisa and West Point were all located in this township.
Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is an autonomous NASA helicopter that operated on Mars from 2021 to 2024 as part of the Mars 2020 mission. Ingenuity made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating that flight is possible in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars, and becoming the first aircraft to conduct a powered and controlled extra-terrestrial flight.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024, the 1,354th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.