Perseverance is a car-sized rover that's on Mars. It can't get around all on its own, so it needs constant guidance from scientists and engineers like camden miller to determine exactly where it should go. One martian day is about forty minutes longer than an earth day, so keeping up with martian time is like shifting two time zones every three days.
Mars was once a very different planet, with rivers, lakes, and — potentially — life. NASA’s latest Mars rover is on a mission to find traces of past life. What happens if it does?
This is the third episode of our new four-part series, Lost Worlds.
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