Three Mars missions poised to launch to the Red Planet in July

, known as Tianwen-1, is scheduled to lift off atop a Long March 5 rocket.

The orbiter sports six instruments, including a high-resolution camera, a magnetometer and a mineral spectrometer, which will allow mission team members to determine the composition of surface rocks. The rover also has six instruments, including a weather station, a magnetic field detector and a ground-penetrating radar, which could spot subsurface water ice down to a depth of about 330 feet .

The six-wheeled robot will also collect and cache several dozen samples from particularly promising study sites. This material will be, perhaps as early as 2031, in a campaign conducted by NASA and the European Space Agency. Scientists in labs around the world will then scrutinize the Mars material in great detail, looking for signs of life and clues about the planet's evolutionary history.

If Ingenuity is successful, future Mars missions could commonly incorporate helicopters, NASA officials have said. Such rotorcraft could serve a variety of purposes, from scouting out promising study sites for rovers to exploring hard-to-reach areas such as caves or steep-walled craters.

Let's hope/make sure wall-e doesn't fall in love this time?

Which will be re branded 'Perseverance Land Rover' for promotional consideration. Cape Kennedy will also be renamed the Smithfield Meats launch complex to honor Chinese/American trade cooperation.

❓ Can we all agree, that these billions of $$$ would be better spent on saving this planet❓ FVCK Mars❗️ Save the planet we come from❗️

Why is anyone thinking about Mars. For God Sake focus on the issues killing humanity, like COVID, racism, corruption for a few examples.

Why dont we just admit there is a methane cycle on Mars that points to current life existing there?

'...Mars sample-return mission, which could perhaps launch as early as 2030.' - yep this never ends well in the movies...

Is Trump on board? We need him as ambassador for earth for aliens. They will never return lol

thats pretty dope

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