Mars 2020 Perseverance Mission Is Ready!

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We never get bored talking about Mars missions, even though there are too many past and present missions to Mars, but still, they never fail to surprise us with something exciting and new. Today, we’re going to talk about the latest NASA mission to Mars: the “ 2020 Mars Perseverance Mission”, let's get to it.
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The reason we see so many missions to mars, especially from NASA, is because the space agency has its own dedicated “Mars Exploration Program” to better understand Mars. And the “Perseverance” mission is the latest one so far following on the works of many missions before it.

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Let us first discuss the interesting name of the rover, where did such a powerful name come from? And what does it mean? The whole story begins when NASA announced a contest called "Name the Rover" where school students got to submit proposals of suggested names for the spacecraft’s rover.

Thousands of proposals were submitted and the public chose the submission of “Alexander Mather”, an 8th grad student from “Virginia Middle School” who suggested the name “Perseverance”

“Thomas Zurbuchen”, the associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate, said the following public statement about the name “Perseverance”:

“Alex and his classmates are the Artemis Generation, and they're going to be taking the next steps into space that lead to Mars. That inspiring work will always require perseverance. We can't wait to see that nameplate on Mars.”

So the mission will indeed need perseverance, and just like its powerful name, the mission also has some powerful goals to achieve on the red planet.

Now, it wouldn’t be a scientific mission without scientific instruments! Perseverance” carries seven instruments that will allow for great science on the Martian surface:

Mastcam-Z: a camera mounted on the rover at the eye level, and will be used to take images and videos of the Martian surface and atmosphere.

The camera can also zoom in distant objects and it has a resolution between 0.15 millimeter (0.0059 inch)/pixel to 7.4 millimeter (0.3 inches)/pixel.

MEDA: it’s a suite of 6 different sensors that perform a full weather analysis on Mars. They measure everything related to the weather from the temperature to the humidity to the direction and speed of wind. It also gathers information on the radiation and dust particles in the Martian atmosphere.

MOXIE: which is a prototype of an experiment to showcase the possibility of oxygen production from carbon dioxide in Mars’ atmosphere. Operating this experiment is important because the same technology will be used by future astronauts on Mars for fuel and breathing.

PIXL: this instrument is an X-ray spectrometer that is able to identify chemical composition of rocks. It also has a camera that can take very fine details. The instrument is mounted on the hand of the robotic arm.

RIMFAX: this is a ground-penetrating radar imager that is used to see under the surface. This instrument is particularly useful in studying the Martian geological features.

SHERLOC: named after the famous fictional character “Sherlock Holmes”, this instrument consists of a spectrometer, a laser and a camera called “WATSON” (yes named after Sherlock’s partner Dr. “John Watson.”)“

This instrument will search for signs of past microbial life on Mars by studying the minerals and organic material on the planet.

SuperCam: this instrument also consists of a spectrometer, a laser and a camera, and it can study objects as far as 7 meters (20 feet).

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