February 18, 2021 After a seven-month-long journey, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully touched down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California celebrate landing NASA’s fifth — and most ambitious — rover on Mars. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the… Continue reading NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars
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Perseverance Rover’s Descent and Touchdown on Mars: Onboard Camera Views
February 22, 2021 NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission captured thrilling footage of its rover landing in Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. The real footage in this video was captured by several cameras that are part of the rover’s entry, descent, and landing suite. The views include a camera looking down from the spacecraft’s… Continue reading Perseverance Rover’s Descent and Touchdown on Mars: Onboard Camera Views