{"product_id":"the-nasa-mars-2020-mission-seeking-signs-of-ancient-life-and-preparing-for-sample-return-9789402421842","title":"The NASA Mars 2020 Mission: Seeking Signs of Ancient Life and Preparing for Sample Return","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kenneth A. Farley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Space Science - Astronomy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNASA's Mars 2020 mission successfully landed the \u003ci\u003ePerseverance\u003c\/i\u003e rover in Jezero crater on February 18, 2021.This book provides the definitive pre-landing documentation of the Mars 2020 mission, its scientific payload elements, and its exploration area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in this volume include detailed descriptions of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Perseverance mission, and its relationship to a possible Mars Sample Return campaign;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe geology of the mission's exploration environment in Jezero crater; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe purpose, design and operation of all seven instruments aboard the rover (Mastcam-Z, SHERLOC, RIMFAX, Supercam, MOXIE, PIXL, and MEDA) as well as the engineering cameras and the Mars helicopter \u003ci\u003eIngenuity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNASA's ambitious Mars 2020 mission extends a long arc of Martian exploration by seeking evidence that life may once have existed on Mars, and by preparing a collection of samples for possible return to Earth by a future mission. Mars 2020 will also enable future exploration by characterizing modern weather conditions and by demonstrating new technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreviously published in \u003ci\u003eSpace Science Reviews \u003c\/i\u003ein the Topical Collection \"The Mars 2020 Mission\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45274749075607,"sku":"9789402421842","price":22035.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789402421842.webp?v=1769280839","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-nasa-mars-2020-mission-seeking-signs-of-ancient-life-and-preparing-for-sample-return-9789402421842","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}