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After NASA attempts Thursday to land the biggest, heaviest vehicle sent to Mars yet, scientists have planned an ambitious mission for exploration of the Red Planet's surface and collection of samples to be sent home.
NASA/JPL-Caltech Touchdown! The planet Mars has a new robot resident. At 3:55 pm Eastern time Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on the Red Planet, after its seven-month journey through space. Upon arrival, it snapped this image of its landing spot. You can see the shadow of the craft imposed on the Martian dust. NASA The safe landing came after what was called the “seven minutes of terror” landing sequence. Because it takes several minutes for any communication from Mars to reach Earth, NASA’s team could not pilot the rover’s landing. So Perseverance had to land i...
NASA's latest Mars rover will try for a dramatic touchdown on the red planet Thursday. We've got everything you need to know.
On Feb. 18, NASA's latest Mars rover will try for a dramatic touchdown on the red planet.