Eiffel Tower, Times Square celebrate Perseverance rover's Mars landing. See pics Nasa shared pictures as, "Landmarks across our home planet got in on the celebration of our Perseverance rover's successful touchdown on the Red Planet." advertisement Eiffel Tower, Times Square celebrate Perseverance rover’s Mars landing. (Photos: Nasa/Instagram) Several landmark spots such as the Empire State Building in New York and Eiffel Tower in Paris celebrated as Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the red planet around 2:30 am on Friday. In a post on Instagram, Nasa shared pictures as, "Landmarks across our home planet got in on the celebration of our Perseverance rover's successful touchdown on the Red Planet." The images feature a giant projection on Mount Eiger in Switzerland and the Empire State Building illuminated in red.