BeautifulMars Meets Beautiful Persian
Mars now speaks Persian!
HiRISE is adding Persian (Farsi) to our
gateway of resources in
multiple languages, with a new
Tumblr,
and dedicated Twitter feed (
@HiRISEPersian). These are the first and only resources from an
active NASA mission in the Persian language.
Volunteer
Kevin Greer, Georgetown University, says: “I volunteer because the Internet has been very generous to me and my fellow English speakers,
and I want to help make it more accessible and useful for the rest of the world. I love the idea of our common humanity expressed through the
exploration of Mars, and I hope that this journey through the unknown will bring our minds even closer than technology has already today.”
We are also particularly thankful to our other two volunteers who have made our new Persian-language resources possible:
Mojtaba Ebrahimian (University of Arizona) and
Ali Ahmadi.
The purpose of the BeautifulMars Project is to reach those people, especially children, who want to know about Mars but don’t have strong skills in English.
Since we call HiRISE “the people’s camera,” our project is a perfect way to bring planetary science to people all over the world in their own language.
More importantly, we always seek to improve on what we have, so if you see something that can be worded better, let us know! Communicating with people is what the
Project is all about.
If you’re interested in volunteering for HiRISE Persian, please contact
the BeautifulMars Project.
About HiRISE
The HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is the most powerful one of its kind ever sent to another planet. Its high resolution allows
us to see Mars like never before, and helps other missions choose a safe spot to land for future exploration.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and
built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and is operated by the
University of Arizona.