The NASA’s next-generation Mars exploration rover,’Percivirance’ rover, who left Earth in July last year, is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars on the 18th (local time). For the purpose of landing on this day, Persivirance Rover will proceed with the difficult work of entering, descending, and landing on Mars, which scientists call ‘7 minutes of fear’.
The landing site for Persivirance Rover is Jezero, just north of the Mars equator. This place is believed to have flowed billions of years ago, and is the best place to find traces of microbes on Mars.
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently released an image of a crash sphere as an example that was once believed to have been a huge lake. (▶Learn more https://bit.ly/2ZxqP3D)
The released video was produced from data collected by ESA’s Mars probe, Mars Express. Data from Mars Express showing the hills, valleys and holes on the surface of Mars are known to have been used by scientists to create digital terrain models for Mars.
In a statement on the 16th, ESA said in a statement that “Mars Express’ data was used to select one of a number of Mars landing site candidates, including the NSA’s Mars 2020 mission to land at a crash hole as an example this week.”
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After landing on Mars on the 18th, Persivirance Rover will search for traces of ancient life on Mars and study igneous rocks and soil. NASA also sent a drone helicopter, Ingenuity, to Mars along with Percivirence Rover.
The drone is likely to hang on the rover for several months until NASA finds a suitable place to deploy the drone before flying in the skies of Mars. If the drone helicopter successfully arrives on Mars, it is expected to be the first vehicle to fly to a planet other than Earth.