Team of experts to answer questions about lunar mission following safe landing on the red planet on Thursday – follow the briefing live
Members of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) team that put a rover on Mars on Thursday are preparing to host a news conference and answer questions about the mission.
The rover, called Perseverance or Percy for short, is on Mars to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to be returned by a future mission. About the size of a car, the wheeled rover is equipped with cameras, microphones, drills and even a small helicopter.
Previous Mars missions including Curiosity and Opportunity have suggested Mars was once a wet planet with an environment likely to have been supportive of life billions of years ago. Astrobiologists hope this latest mission can offer some evidence to prove whether that was the case.
