Perseverance Mars

Was there ever life on Mars? Could life exist there? The latest of nearly 50 missions, NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover is the opening shot of an ambitious plan to find answers. In this eBook, we look at the Red Planet: what we've learned from past rovers, the challenges of space travel and searching for life, proposals for how to make Mars livable and how Perseverance could change everything we know for decades to come.

Meet Perseverance, NASA's latest rover, as it heads to Mars to answer one question: did life exist on the red planet? On the way, it will lay the foundation for human exploration of our closest neighbour.

It's the most sophisticated piece of robotic hardware ever launched into space, designed to finally answer humanity's biggest question: is there life beyond Earth? Meet Perseverance, the next rover to explore Mars, and see how this interplanetary cruiser/weather station/rockhound/chemistry lab may change our view of the Red Planet and the universe. Then witness NASA's decades-long mission to reach and better understand Mars, from the Mariner flybys and Viking landers to the exploration rovers that paved the way for Perseverance.

Mars Perseverance Rover is in its final cruise stages preparing for its historic Feb 18 landing on the red planet. We take you inside the harrowing landing, the science mission, and cutting edge technology, including the first-ever Martian helicopter.

As a new wave of interplanetary exploration launches in summer 2020, a talented young planetary scientist charts our centuries-old obsession with Mars.

For decades, scientists have dreamed of finding life on Mars. But despite their best efforts, no signs of life have been found. Could that be about to change? This is the story of the scientists and engineers behind Perseverance: the rover that could change our view of Mars forever.