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The mission explored the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interactions with the Sun to explore the loss of the Martian atmosphere to space
If humans ever make it to the Red Planet, that punchline may finally get real with a ‘Mars Malayali Aano?’ twist.
The rover, named Zhurong, will now survey the landing site before departing from its platform to conduct inspections.
NASA hailed it as an achievement that would help pave the way for a new mode of aerial exploration on Mars and other destinations in the solar system, such as Venus and Saturn's moon Titan.
NASA also presented a brief audio clip captured by microphones on the rover after its arrival that included the murmur of a light wind gust - the first ever recorded on the fourth planet from the sun.
Perseverance, the biggest and the most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, made its landing at Jezero Crater.
Moments after touchdown, Perseverance beamed back its first black-and-white images from the Martian surface.
Once down, the six-wheeled Perseverance should be the best driver Mars has ever seen, with more autonomy and range than Curiosity.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company's newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for the centrepiece vehicle of SpaceX’s quest to launch humans to the moon and Mars.
The totality phase will begin at 1 am on July 28.
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