NASA’s Mars Rover Percussion is close to landing on Mars after traveling nearly 4 million km. On Thursday, February 18, 2021, it will land on the surface of Mars, for which scientists of the US Space Agency are very excited. The correct landing of its rover will determine how further research will be done there. This is NASA’s fifth rover to land on Mars.
According to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Lab scientist is keeping an eye on this and everything is fine at the moment. However, he believed that its landing would be more challenging than he had thought. NASA says that this is their most ambitious project so far. According to NASA scientist Thomas Jurbuken, this rover will search for life on Mars.
Scientists believe that where this rover is about to land, a river once flowed and there was a lake here. Due to this delta was built here. There must have been living here billions of years ago. But in this crater, many rocks are extremely steep and sand dunes are present. Large stones are also present here. Therefore landing here is extremely difficult. So far, only 50 percent of landing attempts on Mars have been successful. The geographical structure here is quite complex. The team of Perseverance has learned a lot from their old practices and now technology is also supporting them. Today they are able to land this spacecraft successfully through technology.
This crater is about 45 meters wide and is located to the west of Isidis Pleinacea. Isidis planes are believed to have been formed after a meteorite hit. This place is located at a distance of about 3700 km from curiosity. Scientists believe that this may be the best place for life.
