NASA’s Mars rover is due to land on the red planet in the perfect place to hunt for alien fossils.
The rover, known as Perseverance, will touch down in the Jezero Crater on Thursday, February 18. Once said to be too treacherous a location due to sand dunes, cliffs and boulders, upgraded technology means the area will no longer be uncharted.
It’s hoped the rover will find the fossils of ancient microbes that would have swum in the Martian waters billions of years ago, potentially leaving imprints on the lake bed of the crater. Once upon a time, it would have been bursting with water, said to be the size of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada.
Check out NASA’s trailer for the rover landing on Mars below:
