the New Rover NASA has successfully passed the first driving test. Preliminary assessment of Rover within a 10 hour marathon, during which the engineers were testing all the systems Mars 2020 on productivity, showed that the Rover is ready to work on the red planet.
the next time the Rover will move, it will roll over the Martian land. Mars 2020 can take more independent decisions than any of its predecessors, and the design of the device, say the creators, much more wear-resistant.
"Mars 2020 got a driver's license," said rich RIBER, senior engineer at mobility systems for Mars 2020. "The test proved that the Rover can work under its own weight, and for the first time demonstrated many of the functions of Autonomous navigation".
Scheduled for July or August 2020 mission "Mars 2020" will look for signs of past microbial life, to characterize the climate and Geology of Mars, to collect samples for future return to Earth and pave the way for studies of the planet by man.
it is Planned that the Rover will land in Mars, known as the crater of Jezero, 18 Feb 2021. Earlier astronomers from , NASA studied the bottom of the crater of Jezero in which to research land Rover, Mars 2020, and found in it the hydrated silica — a mineral that retains biological signatures.
