
JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover. Oct 27, 2021, 01:43 PM EDT To infinity and beyond Tim Allen, here’s the first trailer for the upcoming Toy Story spinoff movie Lightyear, starring Chris Evans as the hero who inspired the children’s action figure. After a full year of being marooned on this planet, our first test flight is a-go, Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans, says in the preview before embarking on an adventure through space. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. Pixar CNN Chris Evans, no stranger to donning a famous uniform, has suited up once again this time to go to infinity and beyond. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust). From left, actor Chris Evans, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover Surface Mission Manager Jessica Samuels, and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn are seen in front of the rover model at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on June 6, 2022.Įvans visited JPL to learn more about space missions after starring as the lead voice in the space-themed movie "Lightyear."Ī key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life.
