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SUMMARY:Science Breaks: Finding life on Mars
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nSanjeev Gupta and Mark Sephton discuss the aims and app
 roaches taken by the Mars Perseverance Rover and what they expect it to di
 scover.\n\n\nJoin the event on Microsoft Teams\nJoin the event on our YouT
 ube channel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn February 18\, NASA’s Perseverance rover 
 will descend at nearly 1000 miles per hour through the Martian atmosphere 
 before retro rockets kick in to reduce its speed. At around 20 metres from
  the surface the rover itself will be lowered by a sky crane to its target
  destination.\nThe mission represents the most complex\, capable rover eve
 r sent to Mars. It is also the first step in a multi-stage campaign to ret
 urn surface samples back to Earth in order to seek signs of ancient life o
 n the red planet. To begin answering such a fundamental question Persevera
 nce’s instruments will begin by interpreting the geology of the landing 
 site. Jezero is a 45-kilometre-wide crater that is thought to have hosted 
 a long lived potential habitable lake providing significant opportunities 
 for the fingerprints of life to be preserved in the sedimentary strata tha
 t remains.\nProfessor Sanjeev Gupta and Professor Mark Sephton are part of
  the mission planning team guiding the rover’s journey across the surfac
 e to find geologically interesting rocks. In their Science Breaks talk the
 y will discuss the aims and approaches taken by the mission and the possib
 le scientific discoveries it might make. Join them to find out what eviden
 ce for ancient life on Mars might look like and why humanity’s first att
 empt at returning collected samples from Mars will provide unprecedented i
 nsights for generations to come.\nImage credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech\nScience 
 Breaks\nScience Breaks is a virtual event series showcasing the impact and
  relevance of Imperial’s research and work taking place at the College.\
 n\n\n\n
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/128030/science-breaks-finding-life-on
 -mars/
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