After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth. NASA’s Perseverance rover will celebrated its second anniversary on the surface of Mars on Saturday, February 18. Since arriving at Jezero Crater in 2021, the six-wheele
The descent stage holding NASA’s Perseverance rover can be seen falling thorough the Martian atmosphere in this image taken on February 18, 2021, by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. An ellipse indicates where Perseverance touched down. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
“Behind each number is a lot of thought and effort from a very talented group of women and men on the Perseverance team,” said Art Thompson, Perseverance project manager at JPL. “We have come a long way together, and I can’t think of a better group to work with as we go even farther.” In fact, when Perseverance marks its second landing anniversary, Mars will be 97 million miles from Earth. The weather at Jezero Crater is expected to be sunny with a high of about 7 degrees. The rover has instructions to perform remote science and take images of a place in Jezero Crater called “Jenkins Gap.” And people on the mission team are expected to take at least one moment to recall where they were and how they felt two years ago, when Perseverance landed on Mars.
In subsequent missions, NASA and the European Space Agency will work together to send spacecraft to Mars to retrieve these sealed samples from the planet’s surface and bring them back to Earth for comprehensive analysis. As part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration initiative, the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is accompanied by
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