NASA Makes History with First Rocket Launch from Another Planet
NASA’s been hard at work on Mars, thanks to the Perseverance rover. This robot has been busy picking up rock samples from the planet’s surface. But how do we get those samples back to Earth? The MAV is like a space delivery truck. It’s designed to launch from Mars, carrying the rock samples that Perseverance has collected. Recently, NASA tested parts of this vehicle to make sure it can handle Mars’ cold weather. Benjamin Davis, a bigwig at NASA working on the MAV, said, “We’re now able to make a spacecraft that can go to Mars, pick up samples, and send them into space so they can come back to Earth.” This is a big deal, showing that NASA’s on the right track. This mission,…