NASA's new Mars rover embarking on most detailed search yet for ancient alien life
dailystar.co.ukNASA ’s new Perseverance rover, set to take off for Mars at the beginning of August, will seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth.
Its journey to the Red Planet will take six months – it’s set to touch down in the Jezero Crater on February 18 next year.It’s one of NASA’s most ambitious planetary missions to date.Not only does its main mission mark the beginning of a project called Mars Sample Return, Perseverance will also carry a 19-inch tall experimental helicopter designed to test the possibilities of flight in the thin Martian atmosphere.Mars Sample Return is a decade-long effort to bring pieces of rock and soil from the Martian surface back to labs on Earth where they can be examined in.
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