The NASA Perseverance s SuperCam delivered audio of Martian rocks being zapped by lazers It is one of the many highlights of its mission so far msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Researchers think the area around the rover s landing site was home to a river delta billions of years ago—making it a promising spot to search for signs of ancient microbial life.
NASA Mars mission: Perseverance to begin search for life on Red Planet Alex Shipman
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The Perseverance rover has been on the planet for ten days - while the project is into its 213th day in total. Stunning images from the vehicle s 23 cameras captured the historic descent and dusty terrain of its landing - on what is thought to be a former lake.
Microphones picked up the sound of a gentle wind which was recorded and sent back to Earth.
Perseverance will spend at least two years drilling into rocks in the vicinity in search of past life.
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NASA is about to share unprecedented video footage of its new Perseverance rover landing on Mars.
The rover, which touched down in the planet s Jezero Crater on Thursday, has spent the weekend beaming photos and video back to Earth. Now, NASA is ready to reveal the first video footage in a press conference on Monday.
The new video, titled How to Land on Mars, was captured as Perseverance touched down, according to a NASA statement teasing the footage release.
That means, for the first time in history, you ll be able to watch a rover landing on Mars.
The closest NASA has ever gotten to such footage is a stop-motion movie that Curiosity captured during its descent to the red planet. The footage doesn t show the rover, or its parachute and jetpack.