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February 23, 2021 HUMANITY rejoiced at NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s) announcement that the Mars Perseverance Rover had a successful touchdown on the Red Planet. Perseverance is NASA’s most advanced rover and a car-sized robotic geologist and astrobiologist that is set to further propel advancements in the study of life outside of Planet Earth. Among the set of hands that helped drive the program to success is Fil-Am engineer Gregorio Villar III, who played a part in NASA’s Mars Exploration Program as the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Systems ...

Two Asian Americans played a key role in the landing of the NASA Perseverance rover on Mars. Indian American  scientist Dr Swati Mohan announced “Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance is safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the signs of past life,” she said to cheers. You can watch the moment here: Touchdown confirmed. The #CountdownToMars is complete, but the mission is just beginning. pic.twitter.com/UvOyXQhhN9— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021 Filipino American engineer Gregorio Villar III spent more than seven years building and testing a system that would land a car-...

American scientists are celebrating a big win this week. NASA made its first landing on Mars in nearly a decade. National Security correspondent Eric Philips interviewed the director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. He's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown to share what he learned. 

Read more about Perseverance rover doing great on Mars surface after landing: NASA engineer on Business Standard. The Perseverance Rover is doing great and successfully transmitting data back to Earth after a soft landing on the surface of Mars, NASA engineers told a press conference

NASAs Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing. The selfie is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on February 18. "While NASA's Mars Curiosity rover sent back a stop-motion movie of its descent, Perseverance's cameras are intended to capture video of its touchdown and this new still image was taken from that footage, which is still being relayed to Earth and processed," the US space agency said in a statement on Friday. A camera aboard the de...