Tuesday, February 23, 2021

The Empire State Building Illuminated for Mars Perseverance


In New York City on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, the Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday’s scheduled landing on Mars of NASA’s Perseverance rover. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

 

Image Credit: NASA/Emma Howells

Source: The Empire State Building Illuminated for Mars Perseverance – Scents of Science (myfusimotors.com)

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