We can also look forward to the appearance of Ingenuity, a small helicopter-like machine that’s set to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Perseverance is currently undergoing an extensive check of its plethora of systems and instruments, and once everything is confirmed to be in proper working order it will set about exploring its new home. Its Curiosity rover, which landed on the Martian surface in 2012, has already sent back plenty of impressive imagery, but with Perseverance carrying the latest camera technology, we can expect to see even more amazing pictures and videos over the course of NASA’s two-year mission. Perseverance is kitted out with a total of 19 cameras - the most of any of the five Mars rovers that NASA has landed on the red planet up to now. “A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life,” NASA says in notes accompanying the video, adding, “The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the red planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.”
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