Nasa launches Perseverance rover in mission to find evidence of life on Mars –video
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Nasa has successfully launched its next-generation Perseverance rover on a seven-month journey to Mars in search of evidence of ancient microbial life on the red planet.
The car-sized robot will attempt to land on the Jezero crater - which may have been a lake more than 3.5bn years ago - where it will gather information about Mars's geology, atmosphere and environmental conditions.
Scientists hope the samples it collects could hold clues about whether there was ever life on the planet.
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