Mission to Mars: Perseverance rover lands
Photojournalist Jon Stinebaugh spoke with a scientist who plays a key role in taking 3D images of the surface on Mars. Author: Shauni Lyles (Digital Content Producer) Published: 4:46 PM PST February 18, 2021 Updated: 4:46 PM PST February 18, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA After a nearly 300-million-mile trek through space, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, successfully arrived on the red planet Thursday. The first images have already been beamed back from showing 3D images of the surface on Mars.
Ground controllers at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, cheered when they received confirmation that the rover had touched down. It took 11 1/2 minutes for the signal to reach Earth.
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The search for life on Mars has taken a giant leap with Nasa s most sophisticated rover yet.
It s chock-full of pioneering technology, including a super-light helicopter, to help it look for ancient signs of life.
It will also investigate the possibility for people to live and work on Mars.
Here’s what you need to know about humanity’s latest efforts to expand its extra-terrestrial footprint.
Why Mars?
Mars is seen as an ideal candidate for exploration because it is close by in our solar system and is the most similar to Earth.
A fin whale in the North Pacific Credit: NOAA Fisheries / Paula Olson
LISTEN: Whale songs reveal map of Earth s crust Feb 17, 2021
Itâs the song of the fin whale.
Geologists at Oregon State University were studying earthquakes off the Oregon coast with a network of underwater seismometers, instruments that can detect even slight vibrations in the earth.
After leaving the devices on the deep ocean floor for a year, they retrieved them, then noticed tens of thousands of fin whale calls showing up in their recordings.
The booming songs can travel hundreds of miles underwater, where fellow whales and even seismometers can detect them.