Safe touchdown confirmed! Perseverance has safely landed on the surface of Mars!
Target passed; update pending
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NASA live coverage is continuing to follow the descent as Mars 2020 Perseverance is beginning its entry into the Martian atmosphere.
"NASA's Mars Perseverance rover makes its final descent to the Red Planet. Here are some of the ways you can take part in this landing." Check the links below for the list of NASA's coverage.
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LOCATIONJezero crater, Mars
Mission
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will land in the Jezero crater using a MSL-inspired sky-crane at approximately 20:55 UTC. It will investigate an astrobiologically relevant ancient environment on Mars and investigate its surface geological processes and history, including the assessment of its past habitability, the possibility of past life on Mars, and the potential for preservation of biosignatures within accessible geological materials. It will cache sample containers along its route for a potential future Mars sample-return mission. Perseverance is also ferrying several cutting-edge technologies to the surface of Mars – including a helicopter named Ingenuity, the first aircraft to attempt powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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