Images of Mars were streamed live on ESA's YouTube channel.
CNN reported on the evening of June 2nd that the European Space Agency (ESA) had for the first time streamed live images from Mars on its YouTube channel.
The live broadcast began at 12:00 PM (ET, 11:00 PM in Vietnam), with new images appearing every 50 seconds, captured by VMC, a camera mounted on the Mars Express spacecraft orbiting Mars.
The live broadcast lasted approximately one hour, with updates posted on ESA's Twitter account. The agency stated that the live broadcast provided an unprecedented view of the red planet.
This event directly commemorates the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Mars Express spacecraft, a mission aimed at capturing detailed 3D images of the Martian surface.
"Normally, we see images of Mars and know that they were captured many days ago. I'm really excited to see live images of Mars, as close to reality as possible," said James Godfrey, spacecraft operations manager at ESA's mission control center in Germany.
Depending on the positions of Mars and Earth as they orbit the sun, the time it takes for images to be transmitted back can range from 3 to 22 minutes. ESA estimates it takes about 17 minutes for images to be transmitted directly from Mars to Earth, plus an additional minute for transmission via cable and servers on Earth.
"Note that we've never tried anything like this before, so the exact travel times of ground signals are still uncertain," the agency said in a statement ahead of the live Mars imagery broadcast.
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