Washington. America’s space agency’s Perseverance rover is about to complete its first goal with which it went to Mars. NASA’s IS rover has collected various rock samples from the surface of Mars that will be brought back to Earth in the next mission. 17 months ago this rover landed in an area called Jezero Crater. From what Percy has seen so far, scientists have confirmed that the rover is in an ideal location to look for life.
The rover is not looking for any life that is alive today, as Mars’ harsh environment makes their presence highly improbable. Rather, the rover is looking for signs of biology that existed billions of years ago when the lake was filled with a lake. Scientists hope that this ancient history has now been recorded in amazing rock samples, which will be revealed in the next few years. “If JZero-like conditions have been found anywhere on Earth in the past 3.5 billion years, biology leaves its mark on these rocks, which we can see,” said David Shuster, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.
NASA and the European Space Agency are making big plans to bring these samples back to Earth. The mission will include an interplanetary cargo vehicle, several helicopters and a rocket that will bring samples back to Earth by 2033. It will also have volcanoes and volcanic rocks. Zisco Percy comes out of the pit. They will tell the story of lakes filled with mostly water. Wildcat Ridge is also included in the specimens. This rock was formed when the soil of Lake Jezero was evaporating. It was full of salt.
“All life as we know it is made of organics, but importantly, organic matter can also be formed from processes that are chemically and unrelated to life,” says NASA scientist Sunanda Sharma.
The robot will soon exit the slope and reach a flat area where samples can be safely deposited on the ground in titanium tubes. They will then be properly preserved so that future missions can find them. However, scientists are still interested in collecting more samples.
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“We not only went to the right place, but sent the right spacecraft with the right science instruments to explore this wonderfully ancient atmosphere on Mars,” said Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division.
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First Published: 20 September 2022, 22:26 IST
