TOUCHDOWN ON MARS: NASA's Perseverance rover has landed safely after a supersonic plunge

An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Perseverance rover has landed in Jezero Crater, beginning a new era of exploration on Mars.
The rover is poised to spend the next two years searching for fossils of microbial alien life.
It carries the first interplanetary helicopter, and it will test tech that could help astronauts.
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully landed in the red