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NASA announces Mars 2020 rover landing site

After a five year search NASA has chosen Jezero crater delta , where the sediments contain clays and carbonates , as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission .

The crater was selected from more than 60 candidate locations which were studied , analysed and debated by the mission team and planetary science community.

The US space agency's mission to place a next generation rover on the martian surface is scheduled to launch in July 2020. 

It will examine the planet for signs whether it was ever habitable and analyse the surface and beneath for accident microbial life.