NASA launches Mars 2020 mission, preparations to fly helicopter on Mars

NASA's Mars 2020 mission launched

HIGHLIGHTS: US space agency NASA's Mission Mars 2020 has been launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In this mission, the Perseverance Rover is being sent to the surface of Mars. During its mission, this rover will collect old life information on Mars's surface.

US Space Agency NASA 's Mission Mars 2020 has launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In this mission, the Perseverance Rover is being sent to the surface of Mars. During its mission, this rover will collect old life information on Mars's surface. In addition, this rover will also bring stones and soil from the surface of Mars to the earth. Rover will find answers to many questions related to Astro-Biology, the biggest question of which is: Is life possible on Mars? This mission will not only search for places on Mars where life has been before, but will also find signs of microbial life present there.

The Perseverance Rover Core will sample from the rocks and soil there and place it in a cache on the surface of Mars. In future the missions going there will bring these samples back to Earth. Actually, to study these samples, scientists will need a large lab which is not possible to take to Mars.

The helicopter being sent to Mars

With perseverance , this rover is also being accompanied by a small helicopter named Ingenuity . Who will attempt to fly alone on the surface of Mars. While flying amidst the extremely sparse atmosphere of Mars, this helicopter will rise 10 feet above the surface and go up to 6 feet at a time. With every effort it will try to move forward.

The Perseverance Rover is equipped with state-of-the-art landing technology. Apart from this, many cameras and microphones are installed in this rover, which will record pictures of Mars and the sound there. Super-sanitized sample return tubes fitted to it will collect samples from rocks to find evidence of human life on Mars in ancient times.

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What is the purpose of this mission?

The mission will be an opportunity to gather such information and do technology tests which will help in easing the challenges of sending humans to Mars in the coming time. The most important in this will be to find a way to make oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars. Apart from these, it is also involved in finding water on the surface, inventing better ways to land, finding the habitable weather, dust and environmental conditions of the astronauts. Perseverance will also carry material of such prototype spacesuits that can be used to prepare for astronauts in the future and will test this material accordingly.

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