NASA releases photos of Perseverance rover landing on Mars, saying 'everything working as expected' FriFriday 19 updated FriFriday 19 FebFebruary 2021 at 11:39pm The image released by NASA showed Perseverance as viewed from its rocket cradle just before landing. ( Print text only Cancel NASA engineers say that its Perseverance rover is in "great shape" and working as planned as it continues its exploration of Mars. Key points: 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.