Nasa unveils new £1.5billion Mars probe that could finally find life on the Red Planet

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Nasa Nasa's Mars 2020 Rover is bristling with sensors to seek out life on the Red Planet

It is equipped with a total of 23 cameras that will be able to zoom in on clues the size of a grain of salt.

The US space agency spent at least £100million designing seven new instruments to sniff the atmosphere and analyse samples of rock and dust from above and below the surface.

The robot is due to be launched in July or August 2020 and will arrive the following year.

It will then spend at least two years roaming the planet seeking out signs of microbial life, although the mission could be extended for years after that.

9ccaaa5218746e169fc8762b98dd4631 Nasa unveils new £1.5billion Mars probe that could finally find life on the Red Planet

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