Microorganisms are closely-connected to us, our body, our food, our environment, so it is impossible to rule them out of space travel. According to the experts, the work paves the way for understanding the threat of microbes to space missions, as well as the opportunities for resource independence from Earth. The findings have been published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
âWith crewed long-term missions to Mars, we need to know how human-associated microorganisms would survive on the Red Planet, as some may pose a health risk to astronauts. In addition, some microbes could be invaluable for space exploration. They could help us produce food and material supplies independently from Earth, which will be crucial when far away from home,â explains joint first author Katharina Siems, also based at the German Aerospace Center.
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This NASA handout illustration shows a descent illustration to Mars, of the spacecraft containing NASA s Perseverance rover.
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By the time you read this, either the rover will be safely settled on the planet’s surface, or it will be destroyed. Indeed: The plan is that Nasa’s Perseverance rover will touch down on Mars at about 2.30am IST on Friday, 19 February. So yes, when you read this, you will likely know its fate.
With any touchdown on another celestial body like our own Chandrayaan from 18 months ago there’s substantial uncertainty in the operation. Will the craft withstand the heat on entry into the atmosphere? How will it decelerate from the speed it has cruised at for months? Can it land gently enough so that nothing is damaged?
Now that NASA’s Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars, it will start taking samples and release the Ingenuity helicopter to test flying drones on other planets
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