Volta, Alessandro Alessandro Volta with his electric pile, or wet battery, in an illustration by Louis Figuier, 1870. Â© Photos.com/Thinkstock; In 1801 in Paris Volta gave a demonstration of his batteryâs generation of electric current before Napoleon, who made Volta a count and a senator of the kingdom of Lombardy.
Journey time to Mars, which is approximately 40 million miles away depending on its position in orbit, would be around 200 days. âGoing to Mars would make me feel like I am a true Star Trek officer,â said one applicant, Michael Archavian.
Curiosity rover has traveled 1.8 million miles â nearly 3 million kilometers â per day. Itâs measuring space radiation possibly harmful to astronauts going to Mars. As of 11 a.m CST today (16 UTC on December 14, 2011), NASAâs Curiosity rover will have traveled 31.9 million miles of its 352-million-mile trip to Mars. Thatâs almost 1.8 million miles per day. After 18 days of traveling following its November 26 launch, Curiosity has begun analyzing radiation in space in order to assess how it would effect astronauts en route to the red planet. The rover and its 10 science instruments are expected reach Mars on Aug. 6, 2012.