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THE ERA OF THE Mission Objective: Determine existence of life, understand climate and geology, and prepare for PERSEVERANCE future exploration (NASA, 2018) 2013-Early 2020 ROVER Phase A: Determine the July 1, 2013 scope of the launch Phase B: Create initial design Selected engineers and scientists to of Perseverance rover determine objective of launch and technology/instruments needed for Phase C: Generate final design the initial design (NASA, 2020) and build the Perseverance rover and carrier spacecraft Phase D: Conduct assembly and February 13, 2017 testing of the spacecraft at Jet Analyzed 60 different landing Propulsion Laboratory sites and select a final candidate: (NASA, 2020) Jezero Crater (NASA, 2020) July 30, 2020 Perseverance launched atop an Atlas V rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 7:50 a.m. EDT (NASA, 2020) February 18, 2021 Perseverance will touch down on Mars at approximately 3:30 p.m. EST using rockets and parachutes to slow its descent (NASA, 2020) Regardless of success... If the landing succeeds… Perseverance will perform onboard experiments and deposit samples on Mars for retrieval during its mission span of 1 Martian year (687 days) (NASA, 2020) 2022 The Rosalind Franklin rover and Kazachok, respectively created by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos, will launch with the goal of finding past life on Mars (ESA, 2020) 2026 The Sample Return Lander and the Mars Return Orbiter will launch (NASA, 2020) 2028 Perseverance's sample cores will be retrieved by the sample collection rover (NASA, 2020) 2031 Samples will return to Earth for scientific analysis of signs of life (NASA, 2020) Beyond 2031 Possible future rover missions to Beyond 2040 NE Syrtis (signs of volcanic activity Consider sites with lower potential and carbonates) or Columbia Hills for success such as Holden, Melas, Nili (evidence of hot springs) (NASA, 2020) Fossae, Eberswalde (NASA, 2020) References .

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