NASA's Perseverance Mission on Mars
Perseverance To Land On Mars February 18 Source: NASA's Perseverance Robotic Geologist To Explore Mars NASA's highly advanced robotic rover Perseverance will land on Mars on Thursday. The potential discoveries are huge as Perseverance is the most advanced rover NASA has built. Perseverance will serve as a geologist on Mars, collecting rocks, minerals and soil samples. The mission's purpose is to search for any signs of ancient life on Mars. The rover will also have a small helicopter onboard to conduct the first drone flights on another planet. Amazing Technological Journey Perseverance has travelled onboard a spacecraft for the 300 million mile journey to Mars. It will exit the spacecraft in a capsule for the descent into the Martian atmosphere. The capsule will travel at a blistering 12,000 mph. It will have to endure temperatures of 2,370 degrees F. Then, rover will release by supersonic parachute travelling 750 mph