HOPE FOR A NEW ERA

People always want and are curious to learn more about the universe. They put their passion and belief into the landing ship named Perseverance, as a testament to their perseverance and strong passion. After a 7-month journey, covering 472 million km, NASA’s Perseverance probe landed on the surface of Mars on February 19, 2021.

Featuring revolutionary technology, the Perseverance Mars probe was launched on July 30, 2020 from the Cape Canaveral space station in Florida. This mission marks an ambitious first step in efforts to collect Martian samples and return them to Earth.

Photo of Perseverance dropped on the surface of Mars using ropes by NASA, JPL, March 2020

This landing is one of the pivotal moments for NASA, the United States and space exploration around the world. The mission itself personifies the human ideal of perseverance (Perseverance means perseverance) toward the future and will help us prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.

About the size of a car, the 1,026 kg geology and astrobiology robot will undergo several weeks of testing before beginning a two-year scientific investigation of Mars’ Jezero Crater. Besides studying rocks and sediments from Jezero’s ancient river deltas and lake beds to characterize the region’s past geology and climate, a fundamental part of its mission is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life.

Image of the probe landing on Mars (Photo: NASA)

About 45 kilometers wide, Jezero Crater lies at the western edge of Isidis Planitia, a giant impact basin just north of the Martian equator. Scientists have determined that 3.5 billion years ago this crater had its own river delta and was filled with water.

The image would be that of a river flowing into the Jezero crater on Mars. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL.

Equipped with seven core science instruments, the largest number of cameras ever sent to Mars, and its highly sophisticated sample storage system – the first of its kind sent into space – Perseverance will scour the Jezero region in search of Fossil remains of ancient microbial life on Mars, and collecting samples.

Illustration of the landing of the Perseverance probe on Mars. (Photo: DPA)

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The Mars Penetration, Descent and Landing Instrument 2 (MEDLI2) sensor suite collected data on the Martian atmosphere during the approach, and the Automated Terrain Correlation Navigation System guided the path to the spacecraft during its final landing. Data from both systems should help future human mission ships land on other worlds more safely and with larger payloads.

Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z camera can produce high-resolution, color 3D panoramas of the Martian landscape. Additionally, SuperCam uses pulsed lasers to study the chemistry of rocks and sediments, and has its own microphone to help scientists better understand the properties of rocks, including their hardness.

The first image of Mars was sent back to Earth by Perseverance. Photo: NASA

RIMFAX is the first ground-penetrating radar on the surface of Mars and will be used to determine how the different layers on the surface of Mars formed over time. The data could help pave the way for future sensors to search for underground ice deposits.

Additionally, Perseverance’s other instruments will attempt to produce oxygen from the Red Planet’s thin, mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere; provides key information on current Martian weather, climate and dust; reconnaissance or transportation of cargo to future astronauts far from their home base.

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Paving the way for humanity’s quests

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