Scientists hope to find traces of microbial life here.
NASA Perseverance Mars rover > arrived in the delta of an ancient river on the Red Planet, where he will begin a new phase of his research. According to the agency, researchers believe that the river delta is a promising region in terms of finding traces of microbial life.
NASA scientists note that during the first phase of its mission Perseverance collected eight samples of Martian rock. Then for 31 sol (Martian day) he made a record leap for 5 kilometers and on April 13 arrived in the river delta on Mars. The mission team called the region the “Three Forks”, and this is where the second rover's research campaign will begin.
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Exploring it is one of the main missions for the rover team, as the fine-grained sediments that have appeared here in the distant past are the most favorable region microbial life.
The campaign to explore the river delta started on April 18. One of the main tasks at the moment is to find the best route for climbing the delta, which rises 40 meters above the bottom of the crater. At the moment, the mission team has two options for routes, from which scientists will then choose the most appropriate.
Earlier Perseverance received new evidence that in the distant past there was a lake on Mars and the river that fed it flowed . Evidence of this can be seen in the new photos taken by the rover.
