With reddish dust storms from the heavens on the surface of Mars robots sit .They
pierce the cold thin air their flying at supersonic speed and
aeroobolochkami parachutes landed on the red planet in a protective
cocoon and throwing up clouds of dust braking rocket engines . They installed numerous cameras , spectrometers, antenna and hand - manipulators . Some robots are on the landing site , while others begin their long-term journey. Sniffing
the air , sifting soil, dotted with craters way along the surface ,
these devices are stubbornly seek even the slightest trace of moisture
Martian like dying of thirst in the desert travelers. They are looking for signs of life , following the strategy that NASA specialists called " hunting for water."