NASA is set to launch a new rover to Mars on Thursday on an ambitious mission to scour the planet for evidence of ancient life.
Matt Wallace, the mission's deputy project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said the rover has already lived up to its name, as engineers persevered through the pandemic to ready the spacecraft for its much-anticipated launch.
But Wallace said that the teams pulled through under challenging circumstances and that the rover is poised to begin its journey to Mars. As a nod to the pandemic's impact and the heroic actions of health care workers around the world, mission engineers attached a plate to the rover with an etched image depicting the spacecraft leaving Earth, with the planet sitting atop the medical symbol of a staff with a serpent entwined around it.
After liftoff, the spacecraft will spend about 6½ months cruising through space before trying to land on the Martian surface on Feb. 18. The rover will also carry an experiment to test whether carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can be used to produce oxygen. If the experiment is successful, scientists could use the technology to develop life-support systems for human stays on Mars, Bridenstine said.
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