Here’s a look at Mars’ Jezero Crater, the gorgeous basin where the Perseverance rover is expected to touch down and look for signs of ancient microbial life. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mars-jezero-crater-perseverance-photos.html
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Perseverance rover lands on Mars this week
After a seven-month journey, NASA’s Perseverance rover prepares to touch down on Mars on Thursday after first negotiating a risky landing procedure that will mark the start of its multi-year search for signs of ancient microbial life. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-perseverance-rover-mars-week.html…
NASA is about to land a helicopter on Mars that might glow in the dark
NASA’s Perseverance rover is due to touch down on Mars on 18 February, and it is carrying the first helicopter to attempt a flight on another planet. Now it seems the tiny drone may also glow in the dark when it flies Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267676-nasa-is-about-to-land-a-helicopter-on-mars-that-might-glow-in-the-dark/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Scientist proposes a new timeline for Mars terrains
A Southwest Research Institute scientist has updated Mars chronology models to find that terrains shaped by ancient water activity on the planet’s surface may be hundreds of millions of years older than previously thought. This new chronology for Mars, based on the latest dynamical models for the formation and evolution of the solar system, is particularly significant as the days count…
NASA’s Perseverance rover is about to land on Mars and look for life
On 18 February, NASA’s Perseverance rover will land on Mars, where it will look for signs of life and take samples that will eventually be brought back to Earth Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267509-nasas-perseverance-rover-is-about-to-land-on-mars-and-look-for-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Get ready for Perseverance’s landing on Mars February 18
Some call attempts to land on Mars “7 minutes of terror.” The Perseverance mission will provide the most detailed video and photos of a landing yet. We’ll watch ourselves land on another planet, for the first time ever. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/get-ready-nasa-perseverance-landing-feb2021…
Hey, kids! Meet the new Hot Wheels Mars rover!
Mattel, maker of Hot Wheels, has just released a new Hot Wheels Mars Perseverance Rover to celebrate the landing of the NASA Perseverance rover on Mars on February 18. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/hot-wheels-mars-perseverance-rover-mattel…
The UPV/EHU prepares to analyse material from Mars using non-destructive analytical methods
The UPV/EHU’s IBeA research group, which includes experts in Raman spectroscopy, is currently analyzing meteorites with the aim of developing non-destructive analytical strategies for upcoming explorations of Mars materials by the Perseverance rover, shortly due to arrive at the red planet. The strategies will also be used to examine materials collected by the Rosalind Franklin rover and returned to Earth following…
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is in the home stretch of its journey to Red Planet
The car-size Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30 of last year, is scheduled to land inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater on Feb. 18. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mars-rover-perseverance-home-stretch-to-landing.html
NASA’s deep space network welcomes a new dish to the family
A powerful new antenna has been added to the NASA Space Communications and Navigation’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which connects us to the space robots exploring our solar system. Called Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56, the dish is now online and ready to communicate with a variety of missions, including NASA’s Perseverance rover when it lands on the Red Planet…