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The Mars 2020 Rover is part of NASA's long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. This mission successfully launched on July 30, 2020 and will land on Mars on February 18, 2021.
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The Mars 2020 Rover's mission will be to seek for signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past as well as for signs of past microbial life itself. The rover will be using a drill that can collect core samples and set them aside on the surface of Mars for a future mission to potentially return them to Earth.
The mission will also demonstrate technologies that address the challenges of future human expeditions to Mars. These include testing a method for producing oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, identifying resources (such as subsurface water), improving landing techniques, and characterizing weather, dust, and other potential environmental conditions that could affect future astronauts living and working on Mars.
Paul Cirillo has a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers University and is a member of the New Jersey Astronomical Association, which operates the largest public observatory in New Jersey. He was also the founder of Somerset County’s 4-H Space & Astronomy Club and its leader for ten years.
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