A Mars helicopter preps for launch: The first drone to fly on another planet will hitch a ride on NASA's Perseverance rover - [News]
Ned Potter
Abstract
If ever there was life on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover should be able to find signs of it. The rover, scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, in late July or early August, is designed to drill through rocks in an ancient lake bed and examine them for biosignatures, extract oxygen from the atmosphere, and collect soil samples that might someday be returned to Earth.
Topics & Concepts
Mars Exploration ProgramAeronauticsPlanetAstrobiologyDroneExploration of MarsAerospace engineeringDrillMars landingMission control centerMars roverEngineeringEnvironmental scienceGeologyMechanical engineeringAstronomyPhysicsGeneticsBiologySpace Exploration and TechnologyPlanetary Science and Exploration