For anyone who may have been consumed with weather, COVID-19 or other major news lately (there’s been a lot going on), a pretty spectacular thing happened this past week: A rover named Perseverance landed on Mars to do some exploring.
The landing is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort to explore the Red Planet. There are many things NASA is hoping to cover while up there.
It will seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock, broken rock and soil for possible return to Earth. According to NASA, the mission will also gather knowledge and demonstrate technologies that address what challenges may be presented for future human expeditions to Mars.