07/30/2020 - 17:02
- Clarín.com
- International
NASA's Mars 2020 mission took off this Thursday for Mars with the aim of bringing a new space rover named Perseverance to the red planet.
This device will search for remains of extraterrestrial life through the study of ancient fossils or in underground deposits. To widen the field of view, Ingenuity, the first helicopter adapted to fly off Earth , will also be deployed.
However , after launch, NASA announced Thursday that its new Perseverance rover is experiencing technical problems. The AFP news agency noted that, at the moment, the US space agency did not provide further details or details of the failure.
A photo provided by NASA of the Perseverance Mars rover, the team with technical problems. Photo / Archive
The vehicle is scheduled to land on Mars on February 18 next year . The chosen place will be the Jezero crater, a space that was once the river delta and a lake 45 kilometers in diameter.
Jezero Crater. There the NASA rover will land. Photo / EFE
Once there, your job will be to collect rock samples that will be brought to the earth within a decade to be analyzed. They are expected to contain possible signs of an ancient microbial life.
The Perseverance rover will also try to produce oxygen from the carbon dioxide existing in the Martian atmosphere, but after the announcement issued today by NASA, it will be necessary to wait to confirm if the plans are maintained or if the mission objectives will be altered due to the technical failure of this equipment.