NASA's Perseverance rover will collect samples from Mars and look for signs of ancient extraterrestrial life, paving the way for eventual manned missions on the.
NASA s Perseverance rover has officially started its science mission, beginning its search for signs of ancient life on Mars, the US space agency said on Wednesday.
NASA Perseverance rover kicks off its first big Mars science project
NASA’s Perseverance rover has left its landing site and is officially starting its scientific mission, according to the space agency. Until June 1, which is when the rover left the Octavia E. Butler landing site, NASA’s Perseverance team spent their time testing the rover’s various systems and using the rover as part of its Ingenuity helicopter test flights.
Perseverance’s scientific campaign will kick off with the rover driving to a ‘scenic overlook’ where it will be able to survey Jezero Crater’s oldest geologic features, NASA explains. The first few weeks will also be spent bringing Perseverance’s sampling and automatic navigation systems online, wrapping up the commissioning phase to get the ball rolling.
The Perseverance rover is heading for a scenic overlook on Mars that will reveal some of the oldest geologic features of Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient lake bed.