{"id":145262,"date":"2021-02-18T11:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T16:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=145262"},"modified":"2021-02-18T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T16:43:08","slug":"perseverance-rover-to-land-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perseverance-rover-to-land-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Perseverance Rover To Land On Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fperseverance-rover-to-land-on-mars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=145262&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/D4D11DFA-C463-46EC-8D44-D63CEA6B2EC3_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The NASA Perseverance rover on Thursday will complete its 292.5 million-mile trek to land on Mars at approximately 3:55 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>The trip began in July with the rover also transporting a helicopter called Ingenuity as part of an experiment to fly a helicopter on another planet for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Perseverance is NASA\u2019s first mission that will look for evidence of past life on another planet.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/18\/world\/mars-perseverance-rover-landing-scn-trnd\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, the rover is set to explore Jezero Crater, which is the location \u201cof an ancient lake that existed 3.9 billion years ago, and search for microfossils in the rocks and soil there.\u201d Future \u201cfollow-up missions\u201d plan to return samples from the site to Earth that will be collected by the rover.<\/p>\n<p>Perseverance seeks to be NASA\u2019s ninth landing on the Red Planet, and the agency\u2019s fifth rover to do so. First, it has to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/18\/world\/mars-perseverance-rover-landing-scn-trnd\/index.html\">reportedly<\/a> experience the \u201cseven minutes of terror,\u201d infamous for Mars landings.<\/p>\n<p>The one-way travel time it takes for a radio signal from Earth to reach Mars is around 11 minutes, which means the seven minutes it takes for the landing to occur must happen without any assistance from NASA teams back on Earth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/18\/world\/mars-perseverance-rover-landing-scn-trnd\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reports,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The ground teams tell the spacecraft when to begin EDL (entry, descent and landing) and the spacecraft takes over from there \u2014 and mission control begins an agonizing wait.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This rover is the heaviest NASA has ever attempted to land, weighing in at over a metric ton.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The spacecraft hits the top of the Martian atmosphere moving at 12,000 miles per hour and has to slow down to 1.7 miles per hour seven minutes later when the rover softly lands on the surface.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perseverance is heading for a 28-mile-wide bed of an ancient lake and a river delta, which is the most difficult area yet for a NASA spacecraft to land on Mars. The surface is not flat and smooth, but rather is \u201clittered with sand dunes, steep cliffs, boulders, and small craters. The spacecraft has two upgrades\u2026to navigate this difficult and hazardous site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once the extensive landing is completed, the rover begins its two-year mission. Included in its tasks are dropping the helicopter, Ingenuity, on the surface of Mars and rolling away from it, which will take about 10 days. After surviving the cold nights on the planet, keeping itself warm and charged through the use of solar panels, the four-pound helicopter will be ready for its first flight that will last about 20 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>MiMi Aung, the Ingenuity project manager, said, \u201cThe Ingenuity team will be on the edge of our seats with the Perseverance team on landing day\u2026We can\u2019t wait until the rover and the helicopter are both safely on the surface of Mars and ready for action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no ability to watch the physical landing \u201clive,\u201d but NASA is inviting the global audience to check out its countdown and landing commentary, which will stream live beginning on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s mission control team will confirm if the rover was able to land safely on Mars during the coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers can tune in via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/#public\">NASA\u2019s public TV channel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/live-landing-of-the-mars-2020-perseverance-rover\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/connect\/apps.html\">app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nasa\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nasa\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASA\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nasa\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/nasa\">Twitch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/NASA\">Daily Motion<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theta.tv\/nasa\">THETA.TV<\/a>. In a first, the agency will also offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/la-nasa-ofrecer-una-retransmisi-n-en-espa-ol-para-el-aterrizaje-del-rover-mars\">Spanish language show<\/a> for the landing.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA Perseverance rover on Thursday will complete its 292.5 million-mile trek to land on Mars at approximately 3:55 p.m. EST. 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