science and technology 科技: NASA “恆心號”登陸火星。NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars. Scientists decode the genome of million-year-old mammoths

2021年2月18日星期四

NASA “恆心號”登陸火星。NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars. Scientists decode the genome of million-year-old mammoths

"Every time we have a rover like this, a wave of discoveries follows. It's a very exciting time." Stanford scholars on NASA's Perseverance: http://stanford.io/3px5Icx

NASA “恆心號”登陸火星。這是繼來自阿聯酋和中國的訪客後，本月抵達火星的第三個航天器，也是美國第六次成功登陸火星。造價27億美元的“恆心號”攜帶了一系列複雜的科學工具，將幫助人類進一步探索外太空生命。

Scientific American
25分鐘 ·

At long last, NASA’s Perseverance Rover has arrived.
Humanity’s on-again, off-again exploration of Mars appears to have lived through its latest make-or-break moment, and scientists around the world are beginning to breathe sighs of relief.

SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM
Perseverance Has Landed! Mars Rover Begins a New Era of Exploration
NASA’s latest mission to the Red Planet will seek out signs of ancient life, gather samples for return to Earth, and even fly a first-of-its-kind interplanetary helicopter

Natural History Museum, London
31分鐘 ·

The Mars 2020 rover has landed!
After eight months hurtling through space, the Mars Perseverance rover has successfully landed and begun its mission. This is NASA's first major return to Mars since the Curiosity rover landed in 2011.
Read all about the mission and learn how the Museum's expertise in planetary science, geology and searching for evidence of life, and collecting samples can make a contribution to this exciting mission.