NASA begins countdown for Perseverance Rover's Mars landing, less than 100 days to go!

NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover is all set to land on red planet in less than 100 days from w.  six-wheeled Mars car that was launched on July 30 this year is scheduled to land inside 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater on afteron of February 18, next year which is just 99 days from Wednesday, vember 11.

"While we call six-and-a-half-month trip from Earth to Mars 'cruise, I assure you re is t much croquet going on at lido deck," Mission Project Manr John McNamee, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Sourn California, said in a statement. 

"Between checking out craft and planning and simulating our landing and surface operations, entire team is on clock, working toward our exploration of Jezero Crater," McNamee added.

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On vember 9, NASA mission team confirmed that propulsion subsystem of descent st, which will help lower rover onto Mars, is in good working order. On next day, team turned ir attention to rover's PIXL and SHERLOC instruments.

 Lander Vision System is scheduled to go under microscope on vember 11 and  SuperCam instrument, day after that, NASA said in statement. In coming days, on December 18, team plans to perform a trajectory correction maneuver, using cruise st's eight thrusters to refine craft's path toward Mars.

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More About Perseverance rover

Perseverance rover is highlight of NASA's $2.7 billion Mars 2020 mission that will operate landing strategy discovered by its predecessor, Curiosity rover. A rocket-powered sky crane will lower Perseverance to Jezero's floor on cables, n fly off to crash-land a safe distance away. rover will use its advanced instrument suite to track for signs of ancient Mars life in Jezero. Mars rover will also collect and cache samples for a future return to Earth and demonstrate techlogies that could aid future exploration of red planet.

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