Science
NASA rover descends to Mars – Australian Defence Magazine
NASA’s Perseverance rover is today making its final descent into the Jezero Crater, 19 degrees north of the Martian equator, where it will look for signs of ancient…
The 45 kilometre-wide crater is an ancient lakebed from a time (several billion years ago) when Mars was a warmer and wetter planet than it is today. Although its still unclear as to how the ancient Martian atmosphere sustained flowing water, evidence for that flow is everywhere, not least through geographic features like Jezero.
The Perseverance rover will land near the craters rim before heading to a nearby ancient river delta to look for evidence of past life in its rocks and sediments.
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