The United States’ Mars exploration robot Perseverance has successfully completed its first test run on Mars, NASA said.
According to foreign media such as Reuters and AFP on the 6th (local time), the Perseverance Rover (exploration robot) travels 6.5m for 33 minutes from’Jezero Crater’, the landing site of Mars, on the 4th in U.S. time. Was successful.
After receiving a remote command from the NASA Jet Propulsion Research Institute (JTL) in Pasadena near Los Angeles, it first advanced 4m, then turned 150° to the left, and went back 2.5m to finish the test run.
 |
| ▲ The Mars exploration robot (Rober) of the United States successfully completed its first 33-minute drive on the surface of Mars on the 4th. The picture is a picture of the surface of Mars sent by Perservance after the test run. |
It was the first Mars surface drive of Perservance, which took place two weeks after safely landing on Mars on the 18th of last month.
Anais Zarypian, an engineer in charge of JTL’s Persistence Mobility (movement), said at a remote press conference that day, Perseverance “advanced incredibly well” and said that it was a “significant progress” in the Mars exploration mission.
NASA also unveiled a photo sent by Perservance from Mars on the same day.
In this photo, as an example, the wheel marks left by the movement of the perviousness on the red soil of the crater are clearly visible.
An additional test run will be conducted on the 5th to 6th day of local time in the United States.
America’s fifth Mars exploration rover Perservation, which settled on Mars on the 18th of last month, travels 25 km for two years, collecting soil and rocks from Mars, and is tasked with finding traces of life billions of years ago.
The average daily driving capacity of a personal car-sized person is about 200m.
As an example of Mars where this probe landed, the crater is believed to be an ancient delta formed by deposits of sediment carried by the river 3.5 billion years ago.
Space scientists in the United States are hoping that in the soil and rock formations of this area, the Persistence will be able to uncover microfossils that show the existence of ancient microbes on Mars.
<연합>
International Team [email protected]
<저작권자 © 전파신문, 무단 전재 및 재배포 금지>