Driving Mars Exploration: How the Perseverance Rover Will Pave a Path into the Future
February 24th, 2021, 3:42PM / BY Mariah Baker Artist’s rendition of Ingenuity flying on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover (“Percy”) on Thursday, February 18, 2021 marked the start of NASA’s ninth surface mission on the Red Planet. Percy touched down in Jezero crater on Mars, where she will set off exploring new and uncharted terrains in search of ancient signs of life. Nearly 60 years have passed since the first spacecraft were...
Mariah Baker Johnf Kennedy European Space Agency Driving Mars Exploration Perseverance Rover Will Pave Ascent Vehicle
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