Perseverance Rover: Searching for Signs of Life on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021.
It is the most advanced robotic explorer ever sent to the Martian surface.
Perseverance’s main mission is to search for signs of ancient microbial life.
It carries a drill to collect and cache rock samples for future return to Earth.
The rover is testing ways to produce oxygen from Mars’ thin carbon dioxide atmosphere.
It brought along Ingenuity, the first helicopter to fly on another planet.
Perseverance uses over 20 cameras to capture detailed views of Mars.
Its landing used a daring sky crane maneuver, similar to Curiosity’s.
The rover is helping pave the way for future human missions to Mars.
Perseverance represents humanity’s boldest step yet in the search for extraterrestrial life.