NASA will launch the Rover Perseverance to search for life and the training of future manned missions. Start at Cape Canaveral scheduled for Thursday, July 30. It is reported that on the Agency’s website will go live stream send.
“the Launch of the Rover will carry the launch vehicle Atlas V. According to the calculations, the red planet it will reach in February 2021. After landing the unit will operate in the area of the crater Lake. Presumably, he had previously been a Martian lake and therefore may carry traces of potential past life on this planet” – with reference to the Agency RIA Novosti reported.
the Search for evidence that will confirm the presence of the last of the necessary conditions for life on Mars, taking samples of soil – the main tasks for the apparatus Perseverance. In addition to collecting data, it will capture the environment. Scientists hope that this will help to prepare future manned missions. As reported at NASA, estimated time of work of the machine – is 687 earth days, or two Mars years.
