NASA’s Perseverance Rover is halfway to Mars


After launching to the Red Planet in July, NASA’s Perseverance Rover is set to move to Mars, the space agency announced.

Late Tuesday night, Julie Kangas, a navigator working on the Perseverance Rover mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said the rover was logged 14: 30.3 million miles a day, with another 146.3 million miles.

“While I don’t think there will be a cake, especially since most of us work from home, it’s still a pretty streamlined goal,” Kangana said in a statement. “Next stop, Jezero Crater.”

This image of the Mars 2020 spacecraft in interplanetary space has been created using the image of NASA Eyes on the solar system.  The image is from the middle of a mission between Earth and Mars.  (NASA / JPL-Caltech)

This image of the Mars 2020 spacecraft in interplanetary space has been created using the image of NASA Eyes on the solar system. The image is from the middle of a mission between Earth and Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech)

NASA has also posted a real-time look to see where the rover is at any given time.

How can a Mars transformation rover get a red color scheme?

Although Makkam traveled halfway to Mars, it is not halfway between the two planets, Kangana added, as the Sun’s gravitational influence affects the rover’s curved path.

“In straight-distance, Earth is 26.6 million miles [42.7 million kilometers] There are 17.9 million miles behind Earth and Mars [28.8 million kilometers] Against, ”Kangana explained.

NASA’s Perm Rover Carrying ‘Special’ Hidden Message Message

The 2.1 billion dollar rover will come with the first helicopter, known as Ingenuity, which will allow researchers to understand the efficiency and potential of heavier vehicles than the ones on the Red Planet. In August Gust, NASA operated six lithium-ion batteries on ingenuity.

Once landed on Mars on Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, it will join the Curiosity rover still operating on the Red Planet and the now-defunct Opportunity Rover.

The duration of the mission to the surface of the Red Planet is at least one Mars year or about 687 days. While there, he will perform many tasks, including the discovery of fossil evidence of life in the outside world.

NASA’s long-term goal is to send a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s.

Click here to get the Fox News app

The story is contributed by James Rogers of Fox News.