Nasa launches Mars rover to look for ‘ancient life’

Nasa’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth’s planetary neighbour. The robotic rover is scheduled to deploy a mini helicopter on Mars and test out equipment for future human missions to the fourth planet from the sun.

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