The Perseverance rover is only a couple of months away from completing its 300 million mile journey to the surface of Mars, and NASA wants you to know about it.
On Monday night, the space agency dropped a one-minute “mission trailer” that looks less like an advert for a highly anticipated scientific event and more like a teaser for a new Ridley Scott movie — heart-pounding music and all.
Should Perseverance’s landing in Mars’ Jezero Crater be successful, the little robot will be tasked with collecting climate and geology information, rock and soil samples, and signs of microbial life on the red planet. It launched back in July and is due to land on 18 Feb. 2021, with live commentary of the event kicking off at 11:15am PST on nasa.gov/live.
Godspeed, rover.