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Purdue scientist ready for Mars rover touchdown to begin exploring the red planet

Upcoming Mars rover landing marks latest step in researching the red planet Note to journalists: Photos and video of Briony Horgan as well as Mars images are available on Google Drive. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. The Mars Perseverance Rover will fly 300 million miles over almost seven months, but the seven minutes spent waiting to receive a radio signal confirming the rover has landed will seem like an eternity for scientists and researchers back on Earth. That wait is dubbed the “seven minutes of terror” and Briony Horgan, Purdue University associate professor of planetary science, calls it the scariest moment of the mission.

Scientist ready for Mars rover touchdown to begin exploring red planet

Date Time Scientist ready for Mars rover touchdown to begin exploring red planet WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. The Mars Perseverance Rover will fly 300 million miles over almost seven months, but the seven minutes spent waiting to receive a radio signal confirming the rover has landed will seem like an eternity for scientists and researchers back on Earth. That wait is dubbed the “seven minutes of terror” and Briony Horgan, Purdue University associate professor of planetary science, calls it the scariest moment of the mission. “The rover descends in a plasma fireball through the Mars atmosphere and has to slow down from about 12,000 miles per hour to zero in about seven minutes, so it is a pretty scary endeavor,” said Horgan, who has played a key role in the mission, including leading research on the geology of the landing site. (Horgan talks about the seven minutes of terror.)

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