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Nasa mars rover perseverance landing5/30/2023 ![]() Alexander Mather, a 7th grade student from Virginia, wrote his essay on the word perseverance, which was selected from a pool of 28,000 entries. NASA held a Name the Rover essay contest in late 2019 for K-12 students across the country to submit essays to help decide the Mars 2020 rover’s name. For context, Sojourner weighs 23 pounds, Spirit and Opportunity weigh 374 pounds each, and Curiosity weighs 1,982 pounds. Not only is Perseverance the most sophisticated rover to ever rocket to the planet, but it is the heaviest, too! Perseverance weighs 2,260 pounds. Check out this cool space visualization, created by an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium, inspired by what Ingenuity’s first flight path might look like. This helicopter made history on April 19th, 2021 as the first ever aircraft to successfully fly on another planet in our solar system! As of June 2022, Ingenuity has logged over 55 minutes from a total of 29 flights, and has reached an altitude of 39 feet. NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover July 30, 2020Ī little helicopter named Ingenuity accompanied Perseverance on the seven month journey to Mars. Thanks to everyone, all over the world, who sent in their well-wishes and helped #CountdownToMars. Remember the hype around the #CountdownToMars launch in 2020? At the 46 second mark in this NASA video, see if you can spot our astronaut friend and the iconic Adler Planetarium dome! Pretty cool, right? ![]() Originally, the rover was set to launch earlier in July 2020, but the launch date was pushed back several times due to potential contamination and mechanical issues. It took about seven months to get to Mars. The Perseverance rover launched on the Atlas V-541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on July 30, 2020. One more secret: “Explore As One” is etched in Morse code on an aluminum plate that holds three chips with 10.9 million names from NASA’s “Send Your Name To Mars” campaign! Seven Months Later… Most recently, the supersonic parachute that safely glided Perseverance to its landing site had an intricate design with two encoded messages in binary code: “Dare Mighty Things” and the GPS coordinates of JPL. Here are some of the record setting milestones and mission updates from the rover’s first Earth year roaming Mars.įun fact: Did you know that NASA rovers have been carrying secret messages to Mars for years? Curiosity’s wheels spell out “JPL” in Morse code as it rolls across the surface, which actually helps NASA confirm how far the rover has traveled. It will also study the climate and geology of the planet, and help us determine if future human exploration on the planet is possible. The main goal of the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is to search for ancient life! The rover has collected soil samples with the hope of getting them back to Earth for further examination. Perseverance is now the fifth rover to successfully land on and study Mars. To date, four rovers-Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, and Curiosity-have all successfully landed on the Red Planet. Perseverance Is The Fifth Rover To Travel To Mars □Congrats on a successful landing and We cannot wait to see what Mars Perseverance will discover as it rolls across the Red Planet. Wheels are on the Martian soil! □□ Wow, what a journey Perseverance and Ingenuity have had. The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021! Here’s the first image the rover took from its landing site on the Martian surface. “Twin” models from NASA of the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter will be on display at the Adler Planetarium! To experience this traveling “Roving with Perseverance” exhibit in Chicago, get your tickets here. There are tons of reasons why NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover mission is exciting for space exploration and space science research, so we’ve highlighted a few things you should know! One thing is for sure: we love exploring this little red planet and uncovering the secrets hidden beneath its oxidized iron-rich soil. ![]() At one point, there were some astronomers who were absolutely convinced that canals-created by alien life -stretched across its surface. Humans have been fascinated by the fourth planet from the Sun for centuries. Header Image: Illustration of Mars Perseverance landing on the Red Planet.
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