MARS the fourth planet of our solar system, named over Roman God of war. Also referred as Red Planet for its thin reddish atmosphere. Like Earth, Mars has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and weather. Mars is home of the tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons, a shield volcano, is 21km high and 600km in diameter. Mars has two moons Phobos and Deimos.
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Mission MARS 2020
While the year 2020 passing tough time due to pandemic situation, July 30th, 2020 – is the day appears with full of hope and excitement. This day NASA launches humanity’s most sophisticated rover for MARS, named Perseverance. Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launched Rocket ULA Atlas-V at 11:50 UTC
MISSION OBJECTIVE
Looking for Habitability
Identify past environments capable of supporting microbial life.
Seeking Biosignatures
Seek signs of ancient life, particularly in special rocks known to preserve signs of life over time.
Caching Samples
Gather rock and soil samples that could be returned to Earth by a future NASA mission.
Preparing for Humans
Demonstrate technology for future robotic and human exploration.
Perseverance
Perseverance rover, built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, is loaded with scientific instruments, advanced computational capabilities for landing and other new systems. Perseverance [persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success] the name given by 13 years old boy from Virginia, Alexander Mather. Unlike previous missions Perseverance will not use solar panel, instead will use 45KG Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) that converts the heat of radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity. Also there is a pair of lithium ion batteries to help handle peak demands or when rover uses more energy than RTG produces. Curiosity also uses RTG and able to survive from dust storm.
