An Atlas V rocket with NASA's Perseverance rover stands ready for launch Image: SIPA USA/PA Images An Atlas V rocket with NASA's Perseverance rover stands ready for launch Image: SIPA USA/PA Images NASA’s WILL LAUNCH Perseverance, its latest rover destined for Mars, later today.
If all goes to plan, Perseverance will reach the Red Planet on 18 February, 2021, becoming the fifth rover to complete the voyage since 1997. “It’s without question, a challenge. There’s no other way to put it,” NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said Wednesday ahead of the launch. It is faster, with a tougher set of six wheels, has more computing power, and can autonomously navigate 200 metres per day.
#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youIn another first, Perseverance’s drill will collect around 30 intact rock cores and place them in test tubes, to be collected by a future joint US-European mission.
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