After more than six months, hundreds of millions of miles and what NASA technicians dubbed the final "seven minutes of terror," the NASA Perseverance Rover safely landed on Mars Thursday.
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When Nasa landed its Mars rover Perseverance on the Martian surface, it was an Indian-American handling the controls and landing system. Swati Mohan spearheaded the attitude control and landing system of the Perseverance rover that navigated a particularly difficult touchdown. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration s (Nasa)
Perseverance rover successfully touched down on the surface of Mars after surviving a blazing seven-minute plunge through the Martian atmosphere.
Swati Mohan has been associated with the Perseverance Mars mission since its inception and has been working on the project for over seven years. She has also worked on Nasa’s Cassini mission to the Saturn.
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NASA s Mars rover Perseverance, which is said to be the biggest and the most advanced rover ever sent by Nasa, sent two images from space showing the surface of Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration s (NASA) Mars rover Perseverance landed on the red planet at around 02:30 am on Friday. This mission is extremely crucial to find whether life ever existed on the planet or not.
On 19 February 2021, NASA has successfully landed its Perseverance rover on Mars. Among the scientists who are part of this historic mission, Indian-American Dr Swati Mohan spearheaded the development of attitude control and the landing system for the rover.