CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With eight successful Mars landings, NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover.The spacecraft Perseverance — set for liftoff this week — is NASA’s brawniest and brainiest Martian rover yet.It sports the latest landing tech, plus the most cameras and microphones ever assembled to capture the sights and sounds of Mars.
Its super-sanitized sample return tubes — for rocks that could hold evidence of past Martian life — are the cleanest items ever bound for space.
A helicopter is even tagging along for an otherworldly test flight.This summer’s third and final mission to Mars — after the United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter and China’s Quest for Heavenly Truth orbiter-rover combo — begins with a launch scheduled for.
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