NASA releases photos of Perseverance rover landing on Mars, saying 'everything working as expected'
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FebFebruary 2021 at 11:39pm
The image released by NASA showed Perseverance as viewed from its rocket cradle just before landing.
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NASA engineers say that its Perseverance rover is in "great shape" and working as planned as it continues its exploration of Mars.
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More images will come next week, including video with sound of the landing
Engineers are downloading data from Perseverance to better understand the Red Planet
It touched down just 2 kilometres south-east from the ancient river delta it was targeting after a seven-month journey of nearly half a billion kilometres.