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Another step in space exploration: NASA's lander landed on Mars
The "Perseverance" (Persistence) spacecraft reached the planet after a 7-month journey, accompanied by a sophisticated robotic helicopter.
This is an ambitious mission, with its main goal being to search for signs of life on the planet, and to send samples back to Earth.
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Thursday, 18 February 2021, 22:55
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The lander lands on Mars (Photo: Reuters)
The US space agency tonight (Thursday) landed the "Perseverance" (Persistence) lander on Mars, after seven months of travel from Earth.
The spacecraft also landed a sophisticated robotic helicopter adapted to Mars called "Ingenuity", and together these are supposed to look for signs of life on the planet, and later send samples back to Earth.
The lander was able to slow down and land safely in the red star.
The chosen landing site is a crater called "Jazro", which according to NASA satellites is reminiscent of a place where there may have been a huge lake in the past.
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Simulation of NASA's lander landing on Mars (Photo: NASA official website)
The United Arab Emirates is also probing for Mars, and earlier this week it released its first image taken by the proboscis.
The photo, taken on Wednesday, shows the sunlight passing over the red star, as well as its north pole and its largest volcano, Olympus Mons.
The emirate of al-Amal ("Hope") entered Mars' orbit last week with another achievement for the first space mission of an Arab country.
The spacecraft was launched last July from Japan, and entered Mars' orbit seven months later.
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