NASA picks ancient Martian river delta for 2020 rover touchdown
This NASA file image released on November 19, 2018 shows the Jezero Crater delta on Mars (AFP Photo/HO)/ Tampa (AFP) - NASA has picked an ancient river delta as the landing site for its uncrewed Mars 2020 rover, to hunt for evidence of past life on Earth's neighboring planet, officials said Monday. Even though the Red Planet is now cold and dry, the landing site, Jezero Crater, was filled with a 1,600-foot (500-meter) deep lake that opened to a network of rivers some 3.5 to 3.9 billion years ago. "The delta is a good place for evidence of ...
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