- Nineteen prisoners use cutlery to break out of cells at Winchester prison
- France wants progress in Ukraine before Russia returns to G7
- Italy president begins talks to seek way out of government crisis
- Italian PM expected to resign as political chaos deepens
- Russia says US cruise missile test ‘regrettable’
- Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting
- Egypt court hands out 6 death sentences on terror charges
- Putin says Russian nuclear explosion poses no threat
- Russian panel eyes alleged foreign interference in protests
- Gran Canaria wildfire triggers evacuation of thousands of people
- PM Johnson calls on Germany and France to compromise on Brexit
- Sudan's ex-president Bashir arrives at corruption trial
TEHRAN, July 31 - Mars reached its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday with a distance of 57.6 million kilometers, according to NASA.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - It is the closest the two planets have been to one another since the historic 55.6 million kilometers close approach in August 2003, the agency said.
Team members from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory gathered at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California, to view the big event.
The next similar close approach is not slated to occur for another 17 years.
On September 11, 2035, Earth and Mars will be even closer at a distance of 56.9 million kilometers, NASA said.
(Source: Reuters)
Your Comment