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NASA also has the rover's first color photos of the Martian surface, and an image from a spacecraft orbiting Mars that spotted the rover's parachute.
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With a help of a bunch of cameras and some spacecraft orbiting Mars the dramatic but flawless landing of a NASA rover on the red planet was recorded.
Perseverance landed safely on the red planet on Thursday, immediately getting to work with a first photo of the rover's "forever home."
“Perseverance safely on the surface of Mars!” That was the callout from NASA’s ground team after the agency’s $2.7 billion rover landed in one piece on Mars, completing a 300 million mile-journey through space that started in Cape Canaveral.
Nasa's Perseverance rover is aiming for Jezero Crater, considered “too dangerous” for previous spacecraft.