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Mars Landing Sites, Including Perseverance
Mars Landing Sites, Including Perseverance

This map of Mars shows the landing site for NASA’s Perseverance rover in relation to those of previous successful Mars…

Perseverance Touches Down on Mars
Perseverance Touches Down on Mars

An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars.

Powered Descent for Perseverance
Powered Descent for Perseverance

NASA’s Perseverance rover fires up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface in this illustration.

Perseverance Heat Shield Separates
Perseverance Heat Shield Separates

In this illustration, NASA’s Perseverance rover gets its first look at the Martian surface below after dropping its heat shield…

Perseverance Deploys its Parachute
Perseverance Deploys its Parachute

NASA’s Perseverance rover deploys a supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing, in this artist’s illustration.

Christchurch, New Zealand near Lake Ellesmere and Pigeon Bay
Christchurch, New Zealand near Lake Ellesmere and Pigeon Bay

Christchurch, New Zealand near Lake Ellesmere and Pigeon Bay.

The Sahara Desert in central western Algeria
The Sahara Desert in central western Algeria

The Sahara Desert in central western Algeria.

Perseverance Guides Itself Towards the Surface
Perseverance Guides Itself Towards the Surface

The aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this…

Perseverance Rover Decelerates in the Martian Atmosphere
Perseverance Rover Decelerates in the Martian Atmosphere

In this illustration of its descent to Mars, the spacecraft containing NASA’s Perseverance rover slows down

This Week in NASA History: STS-61 Lands – Dec. 13, 1993
This Week in NASA History: STS-61 Lands – Dec. 13, 1993

This week in 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-61, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following a successful 10-day…