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Scientists were last night awaiting the next step of Mars rover Perseverance, which successfully landed on the Martian surface last week.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Beams Back First Color Images From Its New Home On Mars

NASA has released stunning new photographs from Perseverance, including one of the rover being gently lowered to the surface of Mars by a set of cables, the first time such a view has been captured.

Solomon Elusoji   Good morning. We are leading with the latest updates from the Kagara school attack, Nigeria’s exit from recession, and a historic landing on Mars. Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, in Niger State was attacked by gunmen on February 17, 2021. Hunt For Kagara Abductees Continues At least 41 persons, many of them students, were kidnapped on Wednesday morning after gunmen attacked Government Science College, Kankara, in Niger State. The State Government published the names of the abductees on Thursday. The police said it had deployed additional tactical, intelligenc...

Published February 19, 2021, 7:18 AM After seven months in space, NASA’s Perseverance rover survived a nail-biting landing phase to touch down gently on the surface of Mars on Thursday, ready to embark on its mission to search for the signs of ancient microbial life. “Touchdown confirmed,” said operations lead Swati Mohan at around 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT), as mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena erupted in cheers. This NASA photo shows the first images from NASA’s Perseverance rover as it landed on the surface of Mars on February 18, 2021. (Photo by...