 Photo: courtesy of NASA |
 Photo: courtesy of NASA |
[뉴스줌=정진태기자] On February 19, 2021, NASA’s Mars exploration rover’Personality’ landed on Mars at 5:55 a.m. (Korean time). On this day, the Perseverance was settled in the’Jezero Crater’, which is believed to be the ancient delta of Mars. The rover is tasked with finding traces of ancient life that may have existed on Mars in the future, collecting soil and rock samples, and storing them sealed in titanium tubes. The samples collected and stored in this exploration activity are scheduled to be returned to Earth in 2031 by another rover, which will be launched later. It is America’s fifth rover after Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity.
After launching on July 30 last year, it flew about 470 million km to reach Mars. The most demanding and dangerous of this flight, it safely passed the process of entering, descending, and landing on Mars, a mission section called ‘7 minutes of horror’. An experiment to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars using an experimental device called’MOXIE’ will also be conducted. It is America’s fifth rover after Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity.
After launching on July 30 last year, it flew about 470 million km to reach Mars. The most demanding and dangerous of this flight, it safely passed the process of entering, descending, and landing on Mars, a mission section called “7 minutes of horror”. The first motorized flight is attempted on Mars. An experiment to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen in Mars’ atmosphere will also be conducted using an experimental device called’MOXIE’.