NASA Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars
NASA Mars rover. Launch: July 30, 2020. Landing: Feb. 18, 2021.
The NASA Perseverance rover landed at Mars’ Jezero Crater on February 18 nearly seven months after its takeoff to the Red Planet. Perseverance becomes the fifth NASA rover to ever touch down on Mars after Sojourner, twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity and Curiosity.
Perseverance will spend the coming years scouring for signs of ancient microbial life in a historic mission that will bring back samples from Mars to Earth and prepare the way for future human visitors.
Touchdown confirmed. The #CountdownToMars is complete, but the mission is just beginning. pic.twitter.com/UvOyXQhhN9
— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021
Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!
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Less than one minute to entry! #CountdownToMars
— ABC News (@ABC) February 18, 2021
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Juntos perseveramos: El aterrizaje del rover Perseverance en Marte
Behold! @NASAPersevere's first image after completing her #CountdownToMars: pic.twitter.com/pBFNk62zfi
— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021
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Panorama of Mars from the Perseverance rover
This is the first panorama image snapped by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The image (which is made up of six images) was taken on Feb. 20, 2021.
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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Behold! The 1st panorama of Mars from the Perseverance rover (Space.com)
Wow, what a view.
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WATCH: NASA launches Perseverance to look for ancient life on Mars (PBS NewsHour)
NASA’s Perseverance rover launched from Cape Canaveral at 7:50 a.m. ET on Thursday, kicking off its nearly seven month journey to Mars. The mission is the nation’s first that is dedicated to astrobiology, or the search for evidence of ancient life on another planet.