HOUSTON – NASA scheduled to land the helicopter Perseverance rover and Ingenuity on Mars on February 18, 2021. NASA also confirmed that its spacecraft will land at Jezero Crater. Also read: This is how NASA spacecraft landed on Mars
This crater is located in an area called Isidis Planitia, just north of the equator in the eastern hemisphere of Mars. This flat plain lies within a giant 750 mile (1,200 kilometer) wide basin formed 3 billion to 4 billion years ago when a large comet or asteroid struck the Red Planet.
A smaller meteorite, some time later, created a Jezero within this larger impact basin. Evidence suggests a river once flowed into Jezero, where it formed a long-drying delta, according to NASA.
Here’s a glimpse of where Perseverance’s landing looks great in the photo gallery, as summarized on the page Live Science:
Perseverance Is Not Alone
Photo / NASA / JPL-Caltech
Perseverance follows a number of successful Mars landings. For example, a robotic spacecraft named Phoenix landed in the Mars’ Vastitas Borealis region on May 25, 2008, and was operational until November 2, 2008.
It’s the equivalent of Alaska in latitude. Then, on July 20, 1976, the Viking 1 became the second spacecraft to land on Mars. The spacecraft was also the first lander to successfully complete its mission.
Delta Kuno
–Image of the Jezero crater, where Perseverance will land on Mars. Photo / ESA / DLR / FU-Berlin– .
