rover drop.jpg This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASAs Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18,.
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
Snapshot
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.
Updated Feb 19, 2021 | 14:31 IST
She was calm, composed and in complete control as she spelt out every phase of NASA s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover landing on the Red planet. Meet Dr Swati Mohan - born in India - now a NASA achiever. Dr Swati Mohan of NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who was Guidance, Navigation and Controls (GN&C) Operations for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission. | Photo Credit: Twitter
Key Highlights
Indian academic talent is celebrated across the world. Indian-origin scientists grace responsible positions in space organisations across the world.
In NASA s mission to Mars to send Perseverance Rover, the lead engineer for Guidance, Navigation and Controls (GN&C) Operations was a young Indian woman.