. @NASA, China, and the United Arab Emirates each have a mission speeding towards Mars — all set to arrive this month.

Here’s what they aim to learn. 🚀 https://www.businessinsider.com/three-mars-missions-arrive-february-from-nasa-china-uae-2021-1
3 spacecraft are set to reach Mars next month, from NASA, China, and the UAE. Here's what they aim...

NASA is bringing a helicopter, and China aims to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover from just one probe. It's a year of firsts for Mars.

https://www.businessinsider.com/three-mars-missions-arrive-february-from-nasa-china-uae-2021-1
🚀 The three space agencies' missions all launched in July 2020. Here’s why each mission set off at around the same time.

(Spoiler: it comes down to planet alignment, payloads, and orbital constraints.)
🚀 @NASA built its newest Mars rover, Perseverance, to scan and drill Martian soil for signs of alien life.

It’s due to land February 18 and carries a host of cutting-edge technology. https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-perseverance-mars-rover-launch-2020-7
NASA just launched its Mars alien-hunting Perseverance rover into deep space with a drone tucked...

The car-size rover will drill into Martian rocks, look for chemical signatures of ancient microbial life, and tee up future human exploration of Mars.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-perseverance-mars-rover-launch-2020-7
🚀 Perseverance is set to release the first interplanetary drone from its belly: a solar-powered helicopter called Ingenuity.

Ingenuity is just a technological demonstration, but it could kick off a new approach to exploring other planets. https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-first-interplanetary-helicopter-in-perseverance-mars-rover-belly-2020-7
The first-ever space helicopter is approaching Mars in the belly of NASA's rover. It could change...

The Ingenuity drone was a last-minute addition to NASA's Perseverance rover. Now it's set to fly — and film — over Martian fields.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-first-interplanetary-helicopter-in-perseverance-mars-rover-belly-2020-7
🚀 Perseverance also carries a device that converts carbon dioxide into oxygen.

By testing its abilities on Mars, scientists can learn whether this technology could make oxygen for future Mars astronauts to breathe or turn into rocket fuel. https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-nasa-mars-rover-turns-co2-into-oxygen-2020-7
NASA's Mars rover is carrying a device that turns CO2 into oxygen, like a tree. It's a crucial step...

NASA's Mars rover, Perseverance, is on its way to Mars carrying an experiment known as MOXIE that will convert the thin atmosphere into oxygen.

https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-nasa-mars-rover-turns-co2-into-oxygen-2020-7
🚀 China is sending an orbiter, lander, and rover to the red planet.

Chinese state media reports that China's Tianwen-1 mission is set to fall into Martian orbit on February 10, according to @SPACEdotcom. https://www.businessinsider.com/three-mars-missions-arrive-february-from-nasa-china-uae-2021-1
3 spacecraft are set to reach Mars next month, from NASA, China, and the UAE. Here's what they aim...

NASA is bringing a helicopter, and China aims to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover from just one probe. It's a year of firsts for Mars.

https://www.businessinsider.com/three-mars-missions-arrive-february-from-nasa-china-uae-2021-1
🚀 China’s rover is equipped with a radar system that can detect underground pockets of water. It aims to sniff out ancient reservoirs that could harbor life.

A NASA camera that watches for asteroids captured China's spacecraft speeding away in July: https://twitter.com/AsteroidWatch/status/1286665542624043009
🚀 The UAE's Hope orbiter aims to map a year of Martian seasons. It would be humanity's first such picture of Mars' atmosphere.

The SUV-sized spacecraft is set to arrive at the red planet on February 9. https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-united-arab-emirates-first-mars-mission-hope-orbiter-launch-2020-7
The United Arab Emirates is launching the Arab world's first mission to Mars — here's how to watch

The Hope Probe is one of three spacecraft set to lift off for Mars this month. The UAE mission aims to map the Martian climate for the first time.

https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-united-arab-emirates-first-mars-mission-hope-orbiter-launch-2020-7
🚀 Here is a list of all the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look out for in 2021: https://www.businessinsider.com/2021-calendar-events-in-space-mars-landings-eclipses-launches-2020-12
Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big...

In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA expects to land the first helicopter on Mars.

https://www.businessinsider.com/2021-calendar-events-in-space-mars-landings-eclipses-launches-2020-12
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