Historic selfie: Perseverance rover completes 1,500 days on Mars
22 May, 2028
Credit: Nasa
A Martian dust devil photobombed NASA's Perseverance Mars rover as it took a selfie on May 10 to mark its 1,500th sol (Martian day) exploring the Red Planet.
1500 days on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, inside the Jezero Crater, an area believed to be an ancient lakebed.
Landed in 2021
Search for Ancient Life – Its primary goal is to search for signs of past microbial life, helping scientists understand if life ever existed on Mars.
Mission
Perseverance is drilling into Martian rocks and storing samples in sealed tubes, which NASA plans to bring back to Earth in a future mission for deeper study.
Collecting Mars Samples
Ingenuity – It brought along Ingenuity, a small robotic helicopter that made history as the first powered flight on another planet, testing aerial mobility in Mars' thin atmosphere.
Flying Partner
The rover has 19 cameras, a rock-zapping laser, a weather station, ground-penetrating radar, and instruments to study Mars' geology and climate.
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Perseverance is also testing new technologies, like a device that makes oxygen from Martian air — crucial for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
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