NASA reported problems during the launch of a mission to Mars. The rover was put into "safe mode"

NASA said that after the launch of the Perseverance rover, the mission ran into problems, so the rover

Now scientists are working to bring the spacecraft out of standby mode, and the device itself is workingnormal and in contact with the researchers.

The first problem is related to the proximity of spacespacecraft to Earth - other spacecraft saturating NASA scientists' devices with signals, which interfered with rocket control. Scientists faced the same problem during the launch of the Curiosity rover in 2011. The team was able to tune the signals and enable telemetry blocking to resolve the issue.

The second problem is related to the temperature of the ship -it dropped lower than expected, so the device automatically entered "safe mode". NASA notes that the situation is not abnormal - the alarm is triggered even at tolerable temperatures, so that the device remains operational.

The launch of the Perseverance rover took place on July 30 at 14:50 Moscow time (7:50 am ET) on Thursday, July 30 from Cosmodrome 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This is the main stage of the Mars 2020 mission - the device costs 2.7 billion dollars. If all goes according to plan, the car-sized rover will land in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021.

The rover will cover an average of200 m in one Martian day. He will conduct research related to the search for traces of the habitation of microorganisms on the planet. In addition, the researchers want to better understand the geological processes on Mars and collect rock samples. Together with the rover, an unmanned Mars Helicopter flew to the planet.

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