What Safe Landing Of Perseverance Means For NASA And The World?

US-Mars-mission

NASA successfully landed Perseverance on Mars on Thursday. Its safe landing on a vast crater on Mars’ surface is no less than a big feat for the pandemic stricken US that is also battling economic slowdown for the same reason.

What is Perseverance?

It is a self-guided science rover with the most advanced astrobiology laboratory on the mission Mars to collect signs of life on the Red Planet. It travelled for seven months to cover a distance of 293 million miles to reach its destination. It entered the Mars’ atmosphere at a speed of 12,000 miles per hour and landed safely on Jezero Crater that is a long-vanished Martian lake bed.

Was there life on Marsh?

Perseverance will collect possible fossilized signs of microbes that were believed to live on Mars some 3 billion years ago. Scientists are of the opinion that Mars had water that made it hospitable to life. This project cost the US $2.7 billion and two years. Perseverance will extract the samples embedded on Mars surface for future analysis by scientists on earth.

US Mars mission

The US started its Mars project on 1965 by sending the first fly-by spacecraft, Mariner but Perseverance is the most ambitious project of its Mars mission as it is equipped … Read more

Bollywood Celebrities Sharing Their Experience With Winning The Battle Against Cancer On World Cancer Day

World-Cancer-Day

Every year, 4th February is celebrated as World Cancer Day to spread awareness about cancer around the world. Also, this day is given a theme and this year’s theme is “I am and I will”.

World Cancer Day celebrations

On this day, programs to spread awareness about this deadly disease are organized across the globe. Also, there are many Bollywood celebrities that defeated cancer after fighting a brave battle with the disease. Among them, SonaliBendre, Manisha Koirala and Lisa Ray are more popular. People want to know more about these celebrities.

Sonali Bendre

Sonali Bendre was suffering from metastatic cancer when she was at the peak of her acting career. She made her debut in 1994 with “Aag” and got recognition from movies like “Sarfarosh”, “Hum SaathSaath Hain” and “Kal Ho Na Ho”. She also hosted “India’s Got Talent” and appeared as a judge in “India Idol 4”. She went to New York for cancer treatment.

Manisha Koirala

Manishah Koirala started her Bollywood career with “Saudagar” and soon came to known as the “EeluEloo” because song in the movie. He also acted with Salman Khan in “Khamoshi”. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 42. She went to New York for treatment and was declared cancer-free in 2015.… Read more