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NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time
NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time
March 05, 2021
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NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars March 4, covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across the Martian landscape. The drive served as a mobility test that marks just one of many milestones as team members check out and calibrate every system, subsystem, and instrument on Perseverance. Once the rover begins pursuing its science goals, regular commutes extending 656 feet (200 meters) or more are expected.
“When it comes to wheeled vehicles on other planets, there are few first-time events that measure up in significance to that of the first drive,” said Anais Zarifian, Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mobility test bed engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “This was our first chance to ‘kick the tires’ and take Perseverance out for a spin. The rov ....

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NASA's Perseverance Rover to Land on Mars in Feb. Will We Finally Know Origin of Life On Earth?


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NASA s Perseverance Rover to Land on Mars in Feb. Will We Finally Know Origin of Life On Earth?
NASA s Perseverance Mars Rover. Image credits: AFP.
Jezero Crater is believed to be the perfect place to search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. Billions of years ago, the now-bone-dry 45-kilometre-wide basin was home to an actively-forming river delta and lake filled with water.
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NASA s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is set to complete a 470.8-million-kilometre next month as it is scheduled to land on Mars on February 18. Launched on July 30 last year, the rover is currently closing that distance at 2.5 kilometres per second, NASA said. ....

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