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Mars Rover Perseverance

The Mars Rover Perseverance, launched by NASA in July 2020, is an advanced robotic vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars. Its primary mission is to search for signs of past life and collect rock and soil samples for future return to Earth. Equipped with sophisticated scientific instruments, Perseverance studies the planet's geology and climate, while also testing new technologies for future human missions. The rover successfully landed in Jezero Crater in February 2021, an area believed to have once contained a lake, making it an ideal site for investigating the planet's history and potential for life.