NASA space agency will land a car-sized rover on Mars in its most complex mission yet to search for ancient extra-terrestrial life. The rover has been traveling through space since launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the end of July 2020. Now is the time it reaches Mars, Perseverance will have traveled 292.5 million miles on its journey from Earth.
Perseverance is the first mission for NASA that will search for signs of ancient life on another planet. If it survives the plunge through the Red Planet’s atmosphere, the Perseverance rover will help answer the big question.
NASA is inviting the world to tune in to its countdown and landing commentary. Perseverance is an experiment to fly a helicopter, called Ingenuity, on another planet for the first time. NASA broadcasts live from mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Watch LIVE the rover’s team as they share important milestones from landing.
The goal of the Mars Exploration Program is to explore the planet and to provide a continuous flow of scientific information and discovery through a carefully selected series of robotic orbiters, landers and mobile laboratories interconnected by a high-bandwidth Mars/Earth communications network.
NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is a science-driven, technology-enabled study of Mars as a planetary system in order to understand:
MEP’s programmatic goals are directly responsive to the Agency’s Strategic Plan. They include:
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