The Perseverance Rover was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on July 30, 2020 will be making its landing on an ancient river delta in a lake that once filled Jezero Crater.
The Perseverance rover is carrying seven instruments to conduct an "unprecedented science and test new technology on the Red Planet," according to NASA. As it spends one Mars year which is equal to two years on Earth, the rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life, which will advance NASA's mission to explore the history of habitability in Mars. The rover has a drill which it will use to collect core samples of Martian rock and soil, then store them in sealed tubes for pickup by a future mission that would take them back to Earth for detailed analysis.
What happens tonight would definitely be a thrilling event for all the engineers and scientists involved in this entire project. And among them, the excitement would be particularly high for a specific Dr Swati Mohan.
Taking to Twitter, Dr Swati Mohan had also tweeted, "10 days left!! #CountdownToMars"
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