MAVEN, NASA’s mars spacecraft survived even after the dangerous encounter with the Red Planet.  The comet flew past the Red Planet comparatively ten times closer than any other previous comets.

Astronauts and People affiliated with space eagerly waited for the time at which comet flew past the Mars. It was indeed a once in a lifetime event; therefore, scientists tried to capture as many possible images as they can of this event.

Scientists specially placed three rovers in space for this purpose. They have assigned the particular task to Curiosity and Opportunity whereas the other rover gathered all the minor and major details related to the event.

The comet lovers will definitely search the internet to read the latest significant information. Undoubtedly, it will certainly consume a lot of time to analyze the entire data accumulated from this flyby of comet.

Fortunately, researchers revealed that NASA intends to release the images on the website till next week.

Earlier, scientists warned that this close encounter was extremely risky since it can damage the Siding comet. However, researchers took this risk just to get a closer look of Mars, although this mountain like heavy comet can hit the MAVEN.

Luckily, the spacecraft remains safe after passing the planet with a speed of 87,000 miles. This safe and sound encounter indeed took a lot of burden from the shoulders of scientists.