Mars Curiosity Rover: What You Should Know About Its Long Mission on Mars
(Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech) In this illustration, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars. The rover will collect and store rock and soil samples on the planet’s surface that future missions will retrieve and return to Earth. A robotic astrobiologist started a voyage to a distant planet in July 2020. NASA's Perseverance rover, scheduled to arrive on the Red Planet by February 2021, is already en route to Mars. The project is being undertaken for seven years and will allow unparalleled exploration of Mars, which could have housed life billions of years ago. What's...
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