admin A very unique and the first time an attempt to bring back a sample from Mars is being made by the space agency NASA.
In a report released on the 10th of November, NASA has now claimed that it has the requisite resources as well as experience to undertake such a mission. It is in partnership with ESA, and such a mission is expected to help scientist in technological advancements for the coming decades. This plan has also been reviewed and accepted by the board at NASA and will be undertaken now at the earliest possible time.
This plan has been under consideration for a lot of years now, and finally this breakthrough was achieved. The next step that NASA wants to take is a robotic exploration at Mars which will add to the long list of achievements that have till date been made.
A perseverance rover was launched by NASA in the year 2020 in the month of July, this rover has now reached midway and soon land on the surface of the moon. It will gather several samples of the soil available at Mars through a pre-installed drill. This samples will then be stored in tubes and the entire process will collectively be given the name of “sample caching”.
NASA has also released a statement saying that things look good and everything is perfectly on track for bring these pristine samples of the Martian soil to planet Earth is near future.
These samples will help in the advanced study of Mars and also answer important questions in relation to astrobiology. These samples are expected to be brought back in an ESA provided orbiter somewhere in the 2030s in a highly tight and secure capsule.
These samples will be thoroughly examined by the scientists to uncover the fact if life ever exited on the planet Mars and if possibly it can flourish in the future.
It will be taking a major step forward in the eventual goal of sending humans to the red planet and hopefully the efforts will reap fruit.
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