Sunday, 2 August 2020

NASA launched Mars rover "Perseverance"

NASA launched Mars rover "Perseverance"

"Perseverance" and its fly-along helicopter  will land in February 2021.


On July 30, 2020, the United States’ (US) 5th Mars Mission “Mars 2020” initiated by NASA  after launching  the biggest Mars rover named “Perseverance”, which was lifted off by United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, United States (US).

The rover will land on Jezero Crater of Mars on Feb. 18, 2021 with duration of at least one Mars year (about 687 Earth days).

The outlay of mars mission 2020 is around $2.7 billion.

7 Instruments carried by Rover along with 1st ever Spacesuit Material & Helicopter Ingenuity, and Mars Chunk (SaU008).