NASA Mars Perseverance mission (click to zoom): top left: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographs Perseverance descending by parachute, top right: onboard camera photographs Perseverance on final descent by jet-pack, bottom left: onboard camera looks out at Mars, bottom right: artist’s impression of Perseverance on Mars.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance mission, launched last July, landed on Mars yesterday. As well as the Perseverance rover, there is a small robot helicopter called Ingenuity. The landing site was the Jezero crater. We look forward to lots of interesting data, so keep an eye on mars.nasa.gov/mars2020.
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