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NASA s Next Mars Rover Is Ready for the Most Precise Landing Yet
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NASA s Perseverance rover will land on Mars this week Here s what to expect
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Author: Andrew Coates
(MENAFN - The Conversation) Following seven minutes of terror after it reaches Mars upper atmosphere, NASA s Perseverance rover is expected to land on the surface of the red planet at 20:55 GMT on February 18. This is incredibly hard to do , with only about 40% of missions succeeding.
As a member of the team that built the European Space Agency s Rosalind Franklin rover (we made the PanCam , the camera eyes of the rover), which will set off for Mars next year, I will be holding my breath during the landing. There s so much at stake. Not only could the mission unveil some of Mars best-kept secrets, and be a key part of future exploration to return a Mars sample back to Earth, it could also have important lessons for landing Rosalind Franklin.
NASA s Next Mars Rover Is Ready for the Most Precise Landing Yet
Perseverance Guiding Itself Towards the Surface: The aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this illustration. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land on Mars safely on Feb. 18, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption ›
What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021.
With about 2.4 million miles (3.9 million kilometers) left to travel in space, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is days away from attempting to land the agency’s fifth rover on the Red Planet. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the mission is managed, have confirmed that the spacecraft is healthy and on target to touch down in Jezero Crater at around 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST) on Feb. 18, 2
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