Rover Perseverance celebrates its first Martian year on the Red Planet

the rover perseverance sent by NASA to explode Mars from 2021 just completed his first Martian year exploring the neighboring planet

According to the Space site, Perseverance, the size of a car, landed in the Jezero crater of Mars on February 18, 2021, so Today, January 6, he has spent his first Martian year on mission.

A year on Mars, according to NASA, is equivalent to 687 days on Earthalmost double the Earth year, because that planet is much further from the sun than its blue neighbor.

The Martian calendar changed date for Perseverance today Friday January 6. But this situation will not affect its operation, as it will pass without problems to an extended mission on Saturday, January 7.

Perseverance missions

According to NASA, the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover look for signs of ancient microbial lifewhich will allow the space agency to explore the habitability of Mars in the past.

the rover has a drill to collect samples of Martian rock and soil and store them in sealed tubes for a future mission to transport back to Earth for detailed analysis. The Perseverance it will also test technologies that will help pave the way for future exploration human from Mars.

Strapped to the rover’s belly for the trip to Mars is a technology demo: the helicopter from Mars, Ingenuitycould achieve a “Wright brothers moment” by testing the first powered flight on the Red Planet.

The mission is expected to contribute in various ways to pave the way for future human expeditions to Mars and to demonstrate technologies that could be used in such enterprises. For example, testing a method for producing oxygen from the martian atmosphereidentifying other resources, improving landing techniques, and characterizing the weather, dust, and other potential environmental conditions that could affect future astronauts living and working on Mars.

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