NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover is set to land on the red planet this Thursday, where it aims to study signs of ancient life. With only 50% of all previous Mars landing attempts succeeding, engineers
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The cliché is three times a charm. And the Mars Rover Perseverance is hoping the third try works. Two other Mars landers attempted to listen to the Red Planet.
The car-size rover Perseverance, launched in July 2020, successfully touched down on the Mars surface Thursday afternoon becoming NASA’s fifth rover to land.