Perseverance Completed Its 1000th Day on Mars

Work on Mars, which is among our first goals on a cosmic scale as humanity, continues. For this purpose, one of the first vehicles we sent to the red planet perseverancecelebrated its 1000th day in operation since its landing in early 2021. So far in Jezero Crater 23 different examples The collecting vehicle is also looking for signs of whether there was once life on Mars.

The vehicle, launched with the Atlas V-541 rocket on July 30, 2020, reached Mars after a seven-month long journey. During the lowering of the vehicle, parachutes, mini rocket boosters and a sky crane, used for the first time, were used. As for the purpose of the vehicle Studying Martian geology, climate, and atmospheric conditions was shown.

Searching for traces of life

It is no coincidence that Jezero Crater was chosen for landing. NASA, is looking for signs of life on Mars through Perseverance. It is known that there was a large lake in the past in the area where the crater is located. Since water is of great importance for life, NASA researchers believe that they can find traces of life in areas where there is water.

One of the samples found in the crater is “Lefroy Bay” The example called . Traces of fine-grained silicon were found in this sample, and scientists stated that this substance was abundant on our planet and that it was a successful substance in preserving fossils. Another example showed the presence of phosphate, which is associated with biological processes.

Perseverance’s planned lifetime is one Martian year, so on our calendar. 687 days was.