NASA's next Mars Rover to honour all medical workers fighting the Coronavirus Battle

National Aeronautics and ministration (NASA) will hour all medical workers on frontlines of coronavirus battle around world via rover of its next mission to Red Planet- 'Mars 2020 Perseverance rover'. ncy on Wednesday unveiled a commemorative plate attached to rover, aptly named as 'Perseverance' just before a month of its liftoff.

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'COVID-19 Perseverance plate' as rover teams calls it is a black and white aluminum plate of 3-by-5 inches shows planet Earth atop a staff entwined with a serpent-  symbol of medical community. 

"Health care workers were on front lines keeping us safe during launch preparations. y really inspired us, I think, through this period, and we hope that this plate and we hope that this mission in some small way can inspire m in return", said Matt Wallace Deputy Project Manr of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasena, California.

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According to NASA officials, name of rover Perseverance has ded meaning in last few months, as it was difficult to prepare for a craft for Mars in middle of a pandemic. preparation included ditional work shifts in order to reduce number of people working on rover at any one time and ensure social distancing and some h to work from ir homes, Wallace said.

Mission to Red Planet

NASA has planned to launch Mars rover on July 20 launch, even as number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise in Florida. This mission will search signs of past microbial life on Mars and collect rock and soil samples for eventual return to Earth. If rover isn’t launched by mid-August, it would need to wait until 2022 when Earth and Mars are back in proper alignment. A two-year delay could d ar USD500 million to nearly USD3 billion mission.

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(With inputs from ncy) (Im Twitter/NASA)