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Perseverance Rover Lands on the Red Planet

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team watch in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the craft lands
NASAs Perseverance Rover lands on Mars.

Members of the Perseverance Mars Rover team watch in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls