I m Safe On Mars â NASA s Perseverance Rover Lands On Red Planet To Look For Signs Of Ancient Life
by Karan Kamble - Feb 18, 2021 11:24 PM
A look at Jezero crater on Mars, courtesy the hazard camera on the spacecraft
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NASA s Mars Perseverance rover landed safely on the Red Planet.
Mission objectives include the search for signs of ancient life and collection of rock and sediment samples for return to Earth on future missions.
The United States has successfully landed its fifth rover on Mars.
NASAâs Perseverance rover, accompanied by the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, touched down in Jezero Crater at 2.25 am, 19 February, Indian Standard Time.
NASA s Perseverance rover lands on Mars to look for signs of life
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (WPVI) A NASA rover has landed on Mars on Thursday afternoon in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.
The space agency says the six-wheeled Perseverance hurtled through the thin, orange atmosphere and settled onto the surface Thursday in the mission s riskiest maneuver yet. Mars has long been a deathtrap for incoming spacecraft. Perseverance will collect geological samples that will be brought back to Earth in about a decade to be analyzed for signs of ancient microscopic life.
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