NASA’s Perseverance rover safely lands on Mars
Perseverance can now explore Jezero crater.
NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars. It landed around 3:55 p.m. ET, after a gentle descent to the surface, reported Engadget.
Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/dkM9jE9I6X
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 18, 2021
From the landing site shortly after landing – NASA promised to share high-resolution photos later in the day.
NASA launched Perseverance in late July from Cape Canaveral, Florida. His landing culminates a busy month of arrivals to the Red Planet.
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For two days last week, the United Arab Emirates and China successfully put their respective spacecraft into orbit around Mars.
Now that it is safe on the planet’s surface, Perseverance will explore Jezero Crater, a dusty and dangerous 28-a mile from Mars that was once an ancient river lake.
NASA’s hope is that the rover will find signs of ancient microbial life while there. selection of instruments, including traditional and ultraviolet cameras, to refine in a promising site before deploying a drill to take core samples.
A subsequent mission will attempt to return the specimens to Earth in 2026.