When the Perseverance rover lands on Mars this week, Mariek Schmidt will be ready to search for signs of ancient life — albeit from millions of miles away. The Brock University earth sciences professor is a participating scientist with the NASA Mars 2020 Mission scheduled to land at the red planet's Jezero Crater on Thursday, Feb. 18. This will be Schmidt's third Mars rover mission. That's part of the goal for now, to look for signs of potential life," Schmidt said. Collect rock and soil samplesPerseverance will collect rock and soil samples for eventual return to Earth by 2034.

Source: CBC News February 15, 2021 18:56 UTC