NASA launches a new Rover to Mars.
                     NASA LAUNCHES A NEW 
ROVER TO MARS
INTRODUCTION
• NASA launches Mars rover 
Perseverance from Florida to seek signs 
of past life on Red Planet.
• The Mars rover launch took place after 
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 
California was rattled by an earthquake
Source: Reuters
PERSEVERANCE
• NASA’s next Mars rover named 
Perseverance took off from Cape 
Canaveral on a nearly seven-month 
journey to Mars.
Source: CBN News
 MARS 2020 BILLION MISSION
• The $2.7 billion Mars 2020 billion 
mission is assured to achieve numerous 
firsts on the Red Planet,
• First it had to leave Earth with a powerful 
rocket to kick off a 300-million-mile.
Source: Forbes
 COLLABORATION
• The Perseverance rover got a perfect 
ride into space with the help of
– An Atlas 5 rocket built by United Launch 
Alliance 
– 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and 
Lockheed Martin  
Source: Reuters
 INITIAL BOOST
• Atlas 5 and the Perseverance rover their 
initial boost into space with the use of
– Four solid rocket motors a
– Russian-made RD-180
Source: Business Insider
 SPEED
• Mars-bound rover to a velocity of nearly 
25,000 mph.
• That was enough speed to allow the 
9,000-pound spacecraft to break free of 
the grip of Earth’s gravity.
Source: Thenew Mag
  MARS 2020 MISSION
• The Perseverance rover is the centre 
piece of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.
• It will seek signs of ancient microbial 
life forms that the Red Planet billions 
of years ago.
Source: Wired
  ROBOTIC
• The six-wheeled rover is essentially a 
robotic geologist, but it also hosts 
trailblazing technologies.
• This will open the way for future 
missions.
Source: Christian Science Monitor
  KEY POINTS
• Perserverance is carrying a 1.8kg 
autonomous helicopter called Ingenuity 
which will test powered flight on Mars.
• It is due to land in the Jezero crater on 
Mars in February next year.
Source: The Tribune
  CONCLUSION
• The rover is aimed to  bring Martian 
rock samples back to Earth, 
collecting materials in cigar-sized 
capsules.
Source: MarketWatch